static final transient int i=100??

[Sandya Bhaskara]

this code compiles

 
public class Text{
          static final transient int maxElements = 100;
 
          public static void main(String args[]){
                    System.out.println(maxElements);
          }
}
 

what modifiers cannot be used with transient?

[Ken Weller]

I believe transient simply declares that a member variable is not part of the objects persisted state, so you should be able to apply all valid modifiers to it (the same modifiers you can apply as if it were not transient). transient only really affects the variable when an object is serialized, etc. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

[Jeroen Wenting]

that's indeed what transient does.
I find it a bit weird to see it used like this as statics are not part of an object instance and therefore not serialised either which would have me think the particular combination might be illegal, but apparently it's not
K&B doesn't explicitly exclude the combination "transient final" though, listing that an instance variable can be marked "transient or final" which logically means the combination is legal.