Transient static variables

[Gagan Indus]

( Khalid , page 126 )
in KAM book , for transient variables , it is stated dat :

.... the transient modifier cannot be specified for static variables , as these do not belong to objects ....

I understand tht static-variables are not-saved while serialization , but compiler do not complain specifying static-vars to be transient , as transient static int i =0 ; is valid .
( any modification to above statement is not mentioned in KAM errata either )
any opinions ?


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Gagan (/^_^\)

[ashok khetan]

member var can be declared as both transient and static.
ashok.

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Gagan,
You can declare a variable both 'static' and 'transient', the compiler won't raise an error. It's just redundant.

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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform