Cast Regular Int to Final Java [duplicate]

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I am trying to implement an inner class within a loop, and have come into an interesting situation. The internal class has methods, however, when I try and access the variable, Netbeans gives me a compiler error and tells me to make the int final.

As the int is a looping variable, it can not be final. I have tried creating new variables and equating them to the looping variable, but this still throws the same error.

Here is the basic syntax (in pseudo-code):

for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
     panels[i].printI(new printI(){System.out.println(i);});
}

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Add a temporary final variable to hold the value:

for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
     final int tmp = i;
     panels[i].printI(new printI(){System.out.println(tmp);});
}

Answer 2

This is the idiom:

for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
  final int j = i;
  panels[i].printI(new printI(){System.out.println(j);});
}

Answer 3

Or use the array variant, which saves you one line of code ;)

for(final int[] i = {0}; i[0] < 10; i[0]++)
{
     panels[i[0]].printI(new printI(){System.out.println(i[0]);});
}