Stopping inheritance without using final

Question

Is there any other method of stopping inheritance of a class apart from declaring it as final or by declaring its constructor as private?

Answer 1

I'd have to say it's typically bad form. Though there are almost always cases where something is valid, I'd have to saying stopping inheritance in an OO world is normally not a good idea. Read up on the Open-Closed Principle and here. Protect your functionality but don't make it impossible for the guy who comes in and supports it...