When a lambda expression uses an assigned local variable from its enclosing space there is an important restriction. A lambda expression may only use local variable whose value doesn't change. That restriction is referred as "variable capture" which is described as; lambda expression capture values, not variables. The local variables that a lambda expression may use are known as "effectively final". An effectively final variable is one whose value does not change after it is first assigned. There is no need to explicitly declare such a variable as final, although doing so would not be an error. Let's see it with an example, we have a local variable i which is initialized with the value 7, with in the lambda expression we are trying to change that value by assigning a new value to i. This will result in compiler error - "Local variable i defined in an enclosing scope must be final or effectively final"

@FunctionalInterface
interface IFuncInt {
    int func(int num1, int num2);
    public String toString();
}

public class LambdaVarDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args){             
        int i = 7;
        IFuncInt funcInt = (num1, num2) -> {
            i = num1 + num2;
            return i;
        };
    }   
}

当一个变量被初始化一次并且在其所有者类中从未发生变化时，它就是最终的或有效的最终的。我们不能在循环或内部类中初始化它。

最后:

final int number;
number = 23;

有效的最后:

int number;
number = 34;

注意:Final和Effective Final是相似的(赋值后它们的值不会改变)，但只是有效的Final变量 没有使用关键字final声明。

effective final变量是一个局部变量，即:

未定义为最终 只分配一次。

final变量是这样的变量:

用final关键字声明。

但是，从Java SE 8开始，局部类可以访问>外围块的局部变量和参数，这些变量和参数是final或有效的final。

这不是在Java 8开始的，我使用它很长时间了。 这段代码(在java 8之前)是合法的:

String str = ""; //<-- not accesible from anonymous classes implementation
final String strFin = ""; //<-- accesible 
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         String ann = str; // <---- error, must be final (IDE's gives the hint);
         String ann = strFin; // <---- legal;
         String str = "legal statement on java 7,"
                +"Java 8 doesn't allow this, it thinks that I'm trying to use the str declared before the anonymous impl."; 
         //we are forced to use another name than str
    }
);

有效的最后一个主题在JLS 4.12.4中进行了描述，最后一段包含了明确的解释:

如果变量实际上是final，在其声明中添加final修饰符将不会引入任何编译时错误。相反，在有效程序中声明为final的局部变量或参数，如果final修饰符被移除，则变为有效的final。

将变量声明为final或不声明为final，但有效地保持为final可能会导致(取决于编译器)在不同的字节码中。

让我们看一个小例子:

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final boolean i = true;   // 6  // final by declaration
        boolean j = true;         // 7  // effectively final

        if (i) {                  // 9
            System.out.println(i);// 10
        }
        if (!i) {                 // 12
            System.out.println(i);// 13
        }
        if (j) {                  // 15
            System.out.println(j);// 16
        }
        if (!j) {                 // 18
            System.out.println(j);// 19
        }
    }

main方法对应的字节码(Windows 64 Bit上的Java 8u161):

  public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
    Code:
       0: iconst_1
       1: istore_1
       2: iconst_1
       3: istore_2
       4: getstatic     #16                 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
       7: iconst_1
       8: invokevirtual #22                 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Z)V
      11: iload_2
      12: ifeq          22
      15: getstatic     #16                 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
      18: iload_2
      19: invokevirtual #22                 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Z)V
      22: iload_2
      23: ifne          33
      26: getstatic     #16                 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
      29: iload_2
      30: invokevirtual #22                 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Z)V
      33: return

对应的行号表:

 LineNumberTable:
   line 6: 0
   line 7: 2
   line 10: 4
   line 15: 11
   line 16: 15
   line 18: 22
   line 19: 26
   line 21: 33

正如我们看到的，源代码在第12、13、14行没有出现在字节码中。这是因为i为真，不会改变它的状态。因此这段代码是不可达的(在这个答案中有更多内容)。出于同样的原因，第9行的代码也会出错。i的状态不需要求值，因为它是确定的。

另一方面，虽然变量j实际上是final，但它的处理方式不同。没有应用这样的优化。j的状态被求值两次。不管j是否有效为final，字节码都是相同的。