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From: Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: borrowing Constants
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:38:25 -0700
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On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:40:20 -0700, Roedy Green
<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>class A
>{
> static String VERSION = "1.0b";
>}
>
>and 
>class B
>{
>static String VERSION = A.VERSION;
>}

if I change that to

>class A
>{
> static final String VERSION = "1.0b";
>}
>
>and 
>class B
>{
>static final String VERSION = A.VERSION;
>}

I understand from Lew that effectively decouples the classes.  A will
not necessarily appear in B's jar.  A will not be loaded when B is
initialised.


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