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Title:	DCL59-J. Do not apply public final to constants whose value might change in later releases
Author:	Dhruv Mohindra	May 07, 2009
Last Changed by:	Will Snavely	Nov 16, 2017
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/JDZGBQ
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)     Page: DCL54-J. Use meaningful symbolic constants to represent literal values in program logic

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 01. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

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Nov 16, 2017 14:43	Will Snavely	View Changes
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Mar 30, 2015 15:51	Will Snavely	View Changes
Mar 05, 2015 07:34	Sandy Shrum

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    docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.…
    docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-9.html#jls-9.…
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (4)     Page: MSC53-J. Carefully design interfaces before releasing them     Page: Rec. AA. References     Page: Java Coding Guidelines     Page: OBJ50-J. Never confuse the immutability of a reference with that of the referenced object