java中变量的传递,传递“const” Java中的变量到方法

Is there an equivalent in Java to the passing on const references in C++?

Isn't leaving out the "constness" misleading in regard to the method signature?

解决方案

No, there isn't.

Java "final" is not an exact equivalent of C++ "const". The following (delayed initialization of a final variable) works in Java:

final double x;

int w = 1;

if (w > 2)

{

x = 0.5;

}

else

{

x = - 0.5;

}

but it doesn't work in C++ with "final" replaced by "const".

Using "final" on a variable in the method declaration can be useful in Java, because allows you to use this variable inside any anonymous class created inside your method.

PS. I was first disappointed by the lack of "const" in Java but later learned to live with "final".

PS2. The Java glossary (http://mindprod.com/jgloss/immutable.html) linked to in this thread has one thing wrong: no, you are not given a 100% guaranntee that the final variable doesn't change its value:

1) it changes from "undefined" to "defined", but the compiler will tell you if you reference it before initialization

2) on Linux, a double has 80-bit precision when stored in a register, but 64-bit when stored in memory. When a final double variable is pushed out of the register, it will be truncated and change its value. As Joel Spolsky says, "abstraction has sprung a leak".