Java constant examples (Create a java file having only constants)

Question

What is the best practice to declare a java file having only constant?

public interface DeclareConstants
{
    String constant = \"Test\";
}

OR

Answer 1

This question is old. But I would like to mention an other approach. Using Enums for declaring constant values. Based on the answer of Nandkumar Tekale, the Enum can be used as below:

Enum:

public enum Planck {
    REDUCED();
    public static final double PLANCK_CONSTANT = 6.62606896e-34;
    public static final double PI = 3.14159;
    public final double REDUCED_PLANCK_CONSTANT;

    Planck() {
        this.REDUCED_PLANCK_CONSTANT = PLANCK_CONSTANT / (2 * PI);
    }

    public double getValue() {
        return REDUCED_PLANCK_CONSTANT;
    }
}

Client class:

public class PlanckClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(getReducedPlanckConstant());
        // or using Enum itself as below:
        System.out.println(Planck.REDUCED.getValue());
    }

    public static double getReducedPlanckConstant() {
        return Planck.PLANCK_CONSTANT / (2 * Planck.PI);
    }

}

Reference : The usage of Enums for declaring constant fields is suggested by Joshua Bloch in his Effective Java book.