The final local variable cannot be assigned, since it is defined in an enclosing type

Question

ratingS = new JSlider(1, 5, 3); 
ratingS.setMajorTickSpacing(1);
ratingS.setPaintLabels(true);
int vote;

class SliderMoved implements ChangeListener {
    public void s         


        

Answer 1

Well, the standard trick is to use an int array of length one. Make the var final and write to var[0]. It is very important to make sure you don't create a data race. Using your code as an example:

final int[] vote = {0};

class SliderMoved implements ChangeListener {
  public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
    vote[0] = ratingS.getValue();
  }
}

Since all this will be happenenig on the EDT, including the callback invocation, you should be safe. You should also consider using the anonymous class:

ratingS.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
  public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) { vote[0] = ratingS.getValue(); }
});