Can't public static on a final

Question

I am sure there's a super simple explanation and it'll make me feel stupid, but I just can't figure it out. Pastebin , line 18:

public static boolean loadTextures() {
    try {
        final Texture STONE = loadPNG("main\\textures\\stone.png"); // This line here I can't do public static final...         
    } catch (IOException e) {
         return false;
    }
    return true;
}

I would like STONE to be public static final, but eclipse says only final is a legal modifier. How would I go about declaring a public static final variable?

Answer 1

You can't declare a static variable inside a method, since a method has only local variables.

Move it outside your method.

Change this :

public static boolean loadTextures() {
                try {
                        final Texture STONE = loadPNG("main\\textures\\stone.png"); // This line here I can't do public static 

to this :

public static final Texture STONE = loadPNG("main\\textures\\stone.png");
public static boolean loadTextures() {
                try {