Initialize final variable before constructor in Java

Question

Is there a solution to use a final variable in a Java constructor? The problem is that if I initialize a final field like:

private final String name = \"a na         


        

Answer 1

I cannot use it in the constructor, while java first runs the constructor an then the fields...

This is not correct, fields are evaluated first, otherwise you couldn't access any default values of members in your constructors, since they would not be initialized. This does work:

public class A {
    protected int member = 1;
    public A() {
        System.out.println(member);
    }
}

The keyword final merely marks the member constant, it is treated as any other member otherwise.

EDIT: Are you trying to set the value in the constructor? That wouldn't work, since the member is immutable if defined as final.