How does the “final” keyword in Java work? (I can still modify an object.)

Question

In Java we use final keyword with variables to specify its values are not to be changed. But I see that you can change the value in the constructor / methods of

Answer 1

When you make it static final it should be initialized in a static initialization block

    private static final List foo;

    static {
        foo = new ArrayList();
    }

    public Test()
    {
//      foo = new ArrayList();
        foo.add("foo"); // Modification-1
    }