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What is the effect of static final transient in Java?

In the code base I am working on, nearly all variables that are declared static final String are also declared transient.

So I have fields like:

public static final transient String VERSION = "1.0";

I am tempted to remove these transient keywords whenever I spot them, because I think it doesn't serve any purpose.

Is there any difference in behaviour between using transient or not in this case?

Solution

  • A static field is implicitly transient (when serializing a static field, its value will be lost anyway). So indeed, no need to declare both.