Ameem Shaik

Thanks for the quick replies. It seems I misunderstood my texts, but it is clear to me now.

I have seen two different suggestions:
HFJ recommends public static final However another source I am looking at suggests private static final

Which is recommended? To me, it makes more sense to use public, since the value is already marked final, and cannot be changed anyways. But I am a beginner programmer, so I don't know much yet.

Thanks

Thank you both for the help! It is now clear to me.

Hi, I need clarification about why these two scenarios produce different type of results.
When you have something like:
int x=3; int y=x x=7

y=3, not 7.

However, when you have something like this:
Dod d= new Dog; d.size=10 Dog a=d d.size=20

a.size =20, not 10.

What causes this difference? I'm guessing it has to do something with the difference in primitive variables and object reference variables, but I'm not entirely sure. I'm new to both Java and programming in general, so can someone explain this to me? Thanks.