SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

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public static final int ADULT_AGE = 18;
public static final int ALCOHOL_AGE = ADULT_AGE + 3;

A programmer performing routine maintenance may modify the definition for ADULT_AGE but fail to recognize the resulting change in the definition for ALCOHOL_AGE.

Compliant Solution

Instead, the definitions should reflect the lack of a relationship between the two constants.

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