Final (Java): Difference between revisions

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public final class MyFinalClass {...}

A '''final [[Method (computer science)|method]]''' cannot be [[Method overriding (programming)|overridden]] by subclasses. This is done for reasons of efficiency, since the method can then be placed [[Inline function|inline]] wherever it is called directly.

Example: