java static int_与Java中的静态字段进行接口以共享“常量”

我正在查看一些开放源代码的Java项目以进入Java，并注意到其中许多具有某种“常量”接口。

例如，processing.org有一个名为PConstants.java的接口，大多数其他核心类都实现了该接口。该接口充满了静态成员。是否有这种方法的原因，或者这被认为是不良做法？为什么不使用有意义的枚举或静态类呢？

我发现使用接口允许某种伪“全局变量”很奇怪。

public interface PConstants {

// LOTS OF static fields...

static public final int SHINE = 31;

// emissive (by default kept black)

static public final int ER = 32;

static public final int EG = 33;

static public final int EB = 34;

// has this vertex been lit yet

static public final int BEEN_LIT = 35;

static public final int VERTEX_FIELD_COUNT = 36;

// renderers known to processing.core

static final String P2D = "processing.core.PGraphics2D";

static final String P3D = "processing.core.PGraphics3D";

static final String JAVA2D = "processing.core.PGraphicsJava2D";

static final String OPENGL = "processing.opengl.PGraphicsOpenGL";

static final String PDF = "processing.pdf.PGraphicsPDF";

static final String DXF = "processing.dxf.RawDXF";

// platform IDs for PApplet.platform

static final int OTHER = 0;

static final int WINDOWS = 1;

static final int MACOSX = 2;

static final int LINUX = 3;

static final String[] platformNames = {

"other", "windows", "macosx", "linux"

};

// and on and on

}