Use of final keyword in Java method performance? [duplicate]
This question already has an answer here: Does use of final keyword in Java improve the performance? 11 answers Does the use final in method arguments allow the compiler oor runtime environment to work faster? For example, if you have a variable to pass to a method that you know will not be modified and be used as is, is it more efficient to declare it final ? Example: The first method should be faster than the second method public int isLargerAfterTripledFaster(int num, final int limit) { num *= 3; return (num > limit); } public int isLargerAfterTripled(int num, int limit) { num *= 3; return