What is a magic number, and why is it bad? [closed]

Answer 1

Another advantage of extracting a magic number as a constant gives the possibility to clearly document the business information.

public class Foo {
    /** 
     * Max age in year to get child rate for airline tickets
     * 
     * The value of the constant is {@value}
     */
    public static final int MAX_AGE_FOR_CHILD_RATE = 2;

    public void computeRate() {
         if (person.getAge() < MAX_AGE_FOR_CHILD_RATE) {
               applyChildRate();
         }
    }
}