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On 8/19/2017 3:36 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
>> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:
>>> I have several test classes that have the following constant:
>>>     private static final String TEST_DB = "testDB.sqlite";
>>> Is this the way to do it, or should it be put centrally?
>>
>>    You can put it into an extra class:
>>
>> public final class TestConstants
>> { public static final java.lang.String TEST_DB = "testDB.sqlite"; }
> 
> That is not frowned upon?

No. Well maybe. But Joshua Bloch recommends it in "Effective Java". So
you can certainly defend the approach.

Arne

PS: He recommends a private constructor to prevent instantiation.