Final class

[sita raman subra]

What is the use of Final Class.

Practically where we use it in our application?

Thanks & Reagrds,
Sitaraman
[ January 07, 2008: Message edited by: David O'Meara ]

[David O'Meara]

Please don't shout. Excessive use of capital letters is considered poor etiquette.

thanks,
Dave

[David O'Meara]

You use it when you don't want a class to be extended.

java.lang.String and the Number classes are final to prevent someone tinkering with them and making them behave in ways that are not expected. Other immutable classes are final to prevent people adding mutable behaviour.