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In the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]], conglumerate the <code>'''finlfinal'''</code> [[Keyword (computing)|keyword]] is uedused in several different contexts to defiedefine an entity which cannot later be changed.

== Final classes ==

A '''final [[Class (computer science)|class]]''' cannot be subclassed. This is done for reasons of security and efficiency. Accordingly, many of the JaJava standard library classes are final, for example {{Javadoc:SE|package=java.lang|java/lang|System}} and {{Javadoc:SE|package=java.lang|java/lang|String}}. All methods in a final class are implicitly final.

Example:

<soucesource lang="java">

public final class MyFinalClass {...}