Why are public static final array a security hole?

Question

Effective java says:

// Potential security hole!

static public final Thing[] VALUES = { ... };

Can somebody tell me what is t

Answer 1

Think it just means the whole public vs private thing. It's supposed to be good practice to have local variables declared private, then using get and set methods, rather than accessing them directly. Makes them a little harder to mess with outside of your program. About it as far as I'm aware.