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Re: Subclass final class (Boolean) ?

Subject: Re: Subclass final class (Boolean) ?
From: Cameron Hayne <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:12:48 -0400
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On 27-Aug-06, at 11:06 AM, Ken Anderson wrote:

The idea is that other (existing) code can rely on the behaviour of the 'final'ized class. E.g. since Boolean is final, other code can rely on the fact that trueObj.toString() is "true", for example.
Then why not make the toString() method final instead of the entire class?

I mentioned toString() just as an example. The idea is that other code can rely on *everything* about the Boolean class - it is a fully specified and known quantity. This is important for security in some cases. It also allows for some performance optimizations.

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