Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Fwd: Overriding calculateChecksum

[Joe E. <jo...@em...>]

Jeff Weber wrote:

>What I've found out is that it appears to be happening
>because Driver.calculateChecksum(Patch, int, int, int)
>is defined as a static method.
>  
>
I found some discussion about this on the java newsgroups... so it seems 
to be "the way it is".

I find this very disappointing. The potential bugs that this invites 
would be difficult enough to track down that it's almost not worth using 
the static modifier at all.

At the very least, I'd propose that we make all static methods and 
properties *final*. That way, you explicitly can't override them. That 
would ensure that a problem like this doesn't happen.

- Joe