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According to \[[JLS 2005|AA. Bibliography#JLS 05]\], §13.4.9, "{{final}} Fields and Constants"]\] of the Java Language Specification [(JLS 2005]),

Other than for true mathematical constants, we recommend that source code make very sparing use of class variables that are declared static and final. If the read-only nature of final is required, a better choice is to declare a private static variable and a suitable accessor method to get its value.

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