If you can subclass, the class will likely be mutable somehow (accessing protected or package-private data?) -- even introducing new variables exclusive to the subclass. The "final" keyword is used well here.
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:15 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 22 October 2013 18:10, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All: > > > > Is there any reason we would want to keep ImmutablePair final? > > To stop mutable subclasses from being created? > > BTW, it's unfortunate that the fields are public; they should have > been private (there are public getters). > > > Gary > > > > -- > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< > http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- Cheers, Paul
