local variable X is accessed from within inner class needs to be declared final

[sahar sa]

Hi, I search about this error there are many examples and disscutions on net but I still can not understand . If I'm righ, This error means that I have to declare mentioned variable as a final variable so that in the rest of program I will not be able to change it?
If yes, what shall I do, because I have this error and I need to change the variable after the inner class has been finished.
My code is something like:
Class A(X,Y){
new B(){
price = X;

}
if (X==Y)
price = Y--;

}

and it throws me arror in price variable at new B() inner class! I can not declare price as a final because may be later on I need to change it(in if ). what should I do?
any suggestion?

Thanks,
Sahar.

[Rob Spoor]

sahar sa wrote:I can not declare price as a final cuz May later on I need to change it(in if ). what should I do?
any suggestion?

You should start by using real words.

[sahar sa]

sorry, change it! but what about my question?

[Embla Tingeling]

sahar sa wrote:any suggestion?

Please provide a syntactically correct Java example demonstrating your issue.

[Campbell Ritchie]

The inner class may exist after the local variable has gone out of scope and been taken off the stack. So the inner class has to retain a copy of that local variable. What if the value changes during execution of the method? Then there might be two values to that variable. It would be very difficult for a compiler to follow the execution of that method, so it is very difficult to record the changes for the inner class. So the rules are: no changes allowed. This can only be implemented by making the local variable "final".