RFR: (jaxp) 8003261 : static field is public but not final

[David Holmes]

On 19/12/2012 3:49 AM, Tom Hawtin wrote:
> Not that it's particularly important, but it's /possible/ clients are
> relying on the non-compile time constant nature of this field causing it
> not to be inlined into client class files, rather than the ability to
> switch the version string. So it may be a good idea to add the final,
> but make it a non-compile time constant. We can also remove the
> duplication.

I think that is an excellent point Tom. We should avoid turning the 
static field into a compile-time constant.

And get rid of the unnecessary fImmutableVersion which everyone keeps 
overlooking.

David

>
> public static final String fVersion = getVersion();
>
> Tom
>
> On 18/12/2012 08:47, Joe Wang wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is the 2nd of the three [findbug] issues. The field fVersion is
>> simply made final.
>>
>> webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~joehw/jdk8/8003261/webrev/
>>
>> Test:
>> No new test needed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
>