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Subject: Re: Java and OO Concepts
From: Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:41:55 +0100
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David Gibbs skrev:

Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen wrote:

Primitive types are not objects so they cannot be subclassed if different behaviour is needed.

Keep in mind that some objects in the java.lang package have the final modifier, so they cannot be subclassed.

Point taken. I knew String was final, but didn't think of the others. My bad.

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