about final and static final.

[Guoqiao Sun]

Hi, everyone:
The following code compiles succesfully:

public class T041
{
    final int i;
    static final int j;
    
    { i = 0; }
    
    T041() {}
    
    public static void main(String args[]) { }    
}

But if i write it as:

public class T041
{
    final int i;
    static final int j;
    
    { i = 0; }
    
    //T041() {}
    
    public static void main(String args[]) { }    
}

It will not compile, i cannot really understand it. Plz help.
Guoqiao
[This message has been edited by Guoqiao Sun (edited August 27, 2001).]

[Cameron Park]

I am using jdk1.3 where both did not compile. Both said variable j may not have been initialized. Which is true.

[Guoqiao Sun]

Hi, Cameron, i also use JDK1.3. But i use it inside Forte.
Not sure why it gives such result as above.
Guoqiao

Originally posted by Cameron Park:
I am using jdk1.3 where both did not compile. Both said variable j may not have been initialized. Which is true.

[Karma Police]

Yes,I got the same result when I compiled the code.Why we got the different results between we and Guoqiao?

Originally posted by Cameron Park:
I am using jdk1.3 where both did not compile. Both said variable j may not have been initialized. Which is true.

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[Vanitha Sugumaran]

Hi,
I got compiler error (expected?) in 1.2.2 for the first code.

<font size = "+0">
public class T041{  
  final int i;  
    static final int j;
 { i = 0; } 
T041() {}    
public static void main(String args[]) { }
}
</font> 

T041.java:16:
Blank final variable 'j' may not have been initialized.
It must be assigned a value in an initializer, or in every constructor.
static final int j;
^
1 error
Vanitha.

[This message has been edited by Vanitha Sugumaran (edited August 27, 2001).]