RE: Newbie question - Final classes -- JAVA400-L

Title: RE: Newbie question - Final classes

thanks also to zappie ,www.zappie.net ideal for a beginner.....

-----Original Message-----
From:   Alistair Rooney [SMTP:alistairr@tbsa.co.za]
Sent:   Monday, November 06, 2000 10:56 PM
To:     JAVA400-L@midrange.com
Subject:        RE: Newbie question - Final classes

Thanks Mike. I get it now!

Alistair

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
Mike.Barton@ecsoft.co.uk
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:12 PM
To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Newbie question - Final classes

>Please excuse these basic questions but I'm still grappling java after far
>too many years in RPG. The question is: Why would you not want a class to
be
>sub-classed. Can anyone give me a simple example? Or am I misunderstanding
>the use of final.

Alistair
as an example, the String class is defined as final...
Would you really want a programmer to sub-class this class ? probably not !

Mike

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