我从来没有遇到过在变量上有最后一个关键字就能阻止我犯错误的情况，所以目前我认为这是一种巨大的浪费时间。

除非有真正的理由这样做(比如你想要明确指出变量是final的)，否则我宁愿不这样做，因为我发现这样做会使代码的可读性降低。

但是，如果您没有发现它会使代码更难阅读或更长时间地编写，那么无论如何都可以使用它。

编辑:作为一个澄清(并试图赢回反对票)，我不是说不要将常量标记为最终值，我是说不要做这样的事情:

public String doSomething() {
  final String first = someReallyComplicatedExpressionToGetTheString();
  final String second = anotherReallyComplicatedExpressionToGetAnother();

  return first+second;
}

在我看来，这只是让代码更难阅读。

同样值得记住的是，所有final的作用都是防止你重新分配变量，它并没有使它成为不可变或类似的东西。

当在Java中与变量一起使用时，Final提供了c++中常量的替代品。所以当final和static被用于一个变量时，它就变成了不可变的。同时让迁移的c++程序员非常开心;-)

当与引用变量一起使用时，它不允许您重新引用对象，尽管对象可以被操作。

当final与方法一起使用时，它不允许子类重写该方法。

一旦用法非常清楚，就应该谨慎使用。这主要取决于设计，因为在方法上使用final不利于多态性。

只有当你非常确定变量的值不会/不应该被改变时，才应该将它用于变量。还要确保您遵循SUN鼓励的编码约定。int COLOR_RED = 1;(大写字母以下划线分隔)

对于引用变量，只在需要对特定对象的不可变引用时使用它。

关于可读性部分，在使用最终修饰语时，注释起着非常重要的作用。

对于将所有可能的变量都声明为final，我非常武断。这包括方法参数、局部变量，以及很少的值对象字段。我有三个在任何地方声明最终变量的主要原因:

Declaring Intention: By declaring a final variable, I am stating that this variable is meant to be written to only once. It's a subtle hint to other developers, and a big hint to the compiler. Enforcing Single-use Variables: I believe in the idea that each variable should have only one purpose in life. By giving each variable only one purpose, you reduce the time it takes to grok the purpose of that particular variable while debugging. Allows for Optimization: I know that the compiler used to have performance enhancement tricks which relied specifically on the immutability of a variable reference. I like to think some of these old performance tricks (or new ones) will be used by the compiler.

然而，我确实认为final类和方法远不如final变量引用有用。最后一个关键字，当与这些声明一起使用时，只是为自动化测试和以您从未预料到的方式使用代码提供了障碍。

Even for local variables, knowing that it is declared final means that I don't need to worry about the reference being changed later on. This means that when debugging and I see that variable later on, I am confident that it is referring to the same object. That is one less thing I need to worry about when looking for a bug. A bonus is that if 99% of variables are declared final, then the few variables which really are variable stand out better. Also, the final lets the compiler find some more possible stupid mistakes that might otherwise go unnoticed.

我将它用于方法内部和外部的常量。

我有时只将它用于方法，因为我不知道子类是否不想覆盖给定的方法(无论出于什么原因)。

至于类，我只对一些基础类使用了final类。

IntelliJ IDEA会在函数参数被写入函数内部时发出警告。我已经停止使用final作为函数参数了。我在java运行库中也没有看到它们。

I have to read a lot of code for my job. Missing final on instance variables is one of the top things to annoy me and makes understanding the code unnecessarily difficult. For my money, final on local variables causes more clutter than clarity. The language should have been designed to make that the default, but we have to live with the mistake. Sometimes it is useful particularly with loops and definite assignment with an if-else tree, but mostly it tends to indicate your method is too complicated.