how...final works..

[jayanthi]

program no:1
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public class testfinal{
public static void main(String args[]){
final int i = 5;
System.out.println(++i);
}
}
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program no:2
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public class testfinal{
public static void main(String args[]){
final int i[] = {5};
System.out.println(++i[0]);
}
}
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here both the program 1 and 2 is not supposed to work because we have declared i as final. but program 2 works fine without any complainat and prints the reult as 6...why???
help me to understand it
thanx....
jayanthi

[Ramesh Donnipadu]

Jayanthi,
When you declare
final int[] =... you are telling compiler that the reference to integer array to be final. That does not mean the value of the object can not be changed. It only means that the array reference can not be reassigned to another reference.
supposing you had another array like int []j=....
i=j;
or i=null; becomes invalid statements.
But you can certainly assign i[0]=100;
Does that clear your doubt?