Talk:Final (Java)
This page was all wrong about final variables.
First, they are not like "const" in C++ since in that language a const field is limited not only to not being reassigned, but there is the additional limitation that only const methods can called on it and it can only be passed as the const argument of other methods.
Second, (non-static) inner classes can freely access any field of the enclosing class, final or not.
Final Local Variables and Arguments
Arguments and local variables can also be declared final. I'm not entirely sure how it works, but I think it should be included in this article.