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;
        };
    }   
}

Final是一个用关键字Final声明的变量，示例:

final double pi = 3.14 ;

它在整个程序中都是最终的，在这一行之后改变PI是不允许的。

有效的最终的:任何局部变量或参数，现在只被赋值一次(或只更新一次)。在整个项目中，它可能不是有效的最终结果。这意味着有效最终变量可能会在被分配/更新至少一次赋值后立即失去其有效最终属性。例子:

class EffectivelyFinal {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        calculate(124,53);
    }
    
    public static void calculate( int operand1, int operand2){   
     int rem = 0;  //   operand1, operand2 and rem are effectively final here
     rem = operand1%2  // rem lost its effectively final property here because it gets its second assignment 
                       // operand1, operand2 are still effectively final here 
        class operators{

            void setNum(){
                operand1 =   operand2%2;  // operand1 lost its effectively final property here because it gets its second assignment
            }
            
            int add(){
                return rem + operand2;  // does not compile because rem is not effectively final
            }
            int multiply(){
                return rem * operand1;  // does not compile because both rem and operand1 are not effectively final
            }
        }   
   }    
}

' effective final'是一个变量，如果它被'final'附加，则不会产生编译器错误

在“Brian Goetz”的一篇文章中，

非正式地说，如果局部变量的初始值从未改变，那么它实际上就是final变量——换句话说，声明它为final不会导致编译失败。

lambda-state-final- Brian Goetz

．.． 从Java SE 8开始，局部类可以访问封闭块的final或有效final的局部变量和参数。在初始化后值从未改变的变量或参数实际上是final。

例如，假设变量numberLength没有声明为final，并且在PhoneNumber构造函数中添加了标记的赋值语句:

public class OutterClass {  

  int numberLength; // <== not *final*

  class PhoneNumber {

    PhoneNumber(String phoneNumber) {
        numberLength = 7;   // <== assignment to numberLength
        String currentNumber = phoneNumber.replaceAll(
            regularExpression, "");
        if (currentNumber.length() == numberLength)
            formattedPhoneNumber = currentNumber;
        else
            formattedPhoneNumber = null;
     }

  ...

  }

...

}

由于这个赋值语句，变量numberLength不再是有效的final。结果，Java编译器生成一个类似于“内部类引用的局部变量必须是final或有效的final”的错误消息，其中内部类PhoneNumber试图访问numberLength变量:

http://codeinventions.blogspot.in/2014/07/difference-between-final-and.html

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/localclasses.html

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
    }
);