Difference between final and effectively final

Question

I\'m playing with lambdas in Java 8 and I came across warning local variables referenced from a lambda expression must be final or effectively final. I know tha

Answer 1

I find the simplest way to explain "effectively final" is to imagine adding the final modifier to a variable declaration. If, with this change, the program continues to behave in the same way, both at compile time and at run time, then that variable is effectively final.