Are all compile-time constants inlined?

Question

Let\'s say I have a class like this:

class ApplicationDefs{
public static final String configOption1 = \"some option\";
public static final String configOpti         


        

Answer 1

You can inhibit inlining by making your constant non-compile time constants...

For instance, null is not a compile time constant. Any expression involving a non-compile time constant is not a compile time constant, although javac may do constant folding within the compilation unit.

public static final String configOption1 = null!=null?"": "some option";