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private final static attribute vs private final attribute

What’s the difference between declaring a variable as

static final int x = 5;

or

final int x = 5;

If I only want to the variable to be local, and constant (cannot be changed later)?

Thanks

Answer 1

Just having final will have the intended effect.

final int x = 5;

...
x = 10; // this will cause a compilation error because x is final

Declaring static is making it a class variable, making it accessible using the class name <ClassName>.x