[JDO-540] Support for final modifier on fields of Persistence-Capable classes

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: api
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Chris Beams
• Created: 05/Oct/07 17:05
• Updated: 23/Jun/08 08:07

Description

Per changes introduced in Java5 as part of JSR-133, post-construction modification of final fields is now possible when calling setAccessible(true) on a field via reflection.

Heinz Kabutz gives a good discussion of the feature: http://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue096.html

Supporting final on fields would make JDO even less intrusive than it already is, and would allow users to create richer class definitions.

Let's discuss...