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Final Modifier

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025

Definition

The final modifier is used in programming languages to indicate that a variable cannot be changed once it has been assigned a value or that a method cannot be overridden by subclasses.

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