Question

The following two syntax orderings are valid within Java. Why are both allowed and is there a preferred syntax order?

  private final static String consultantType = "consultantType";
  private static final String consultantId = "consultantId";

Answer 1

Any order is allowed because there is no value in restricting the order, so why bother imposing the burden of remember a spurious ordering on the programmer?

It makes absolutely no difference whatsoever which order you use. Pick the one you prefer, use it consistently, and move on to a more interesting problem.

For what it’s worth, I think “private static final” is probably more common.