variable declaration

[nishesh chouhan]

can anyone tell me what all method declaration are valid amongs t the follpw ing
abstract int i;
a) abstract int i;
b] final int i;
c] final volatile int i;
d] public transient final i;
e] protected static final int i;
I think none is right b'coz when we declare final we need t o
intialize the variable there only
but why cant the variable be declared as abstract
???

[Bartholemu Smith]

I dont think a variable can declared as abstract. That is only for Methods and classes. The final variables have to be instanciated when created. I think thats right, correct me if I am wrong.

[This message has been edited by Faisal Dosani (edited May 08, 2001).]

[Scott Appleton]

final variables don't have to be initialized with a value when instantiated, but since they don't take a default value, they have to be explicitly initialized before they are first referenced

[Jane Griscti]

Hi, I'm closing this thread. See an earlier duplicate post http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/009682.html for answers.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform