[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: why are certain components final?

["Thijs Cadier" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Something I was wondering about related to this:

Why is it possible to refer to non-final variables from a TreeListener. Is
there a difference between a Listener and a TreeListener?


"Adam Kiezun" <adam_kiezun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> any variable accessed from an anonymous inner class must be declared final
> that by the java spec
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> a.
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