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Unauthorized modifications of public static variables can result in unexpected behavior and violation of class invariants. Furthermore, because static variables can be visible to code loaded by different class loaders when those class loaders are in the same delegation chain, such variables can be used as a covert communication channel between different application domains.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Detectable | RepairableRemediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OBJ10-J | Medium | Probable | Yes | NoMedium | P8 | L2 |
Automated Detection
| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse | 1.0 | Implemented. The serializable class .* does not declare a static final serialVersionUID field of type long | |||||||
| Coverity | 7.5 | FB.MS_SHOULD_BE_FINAL | Implemented | ||||||
| Findbugs | 1.0 | MS_MUTABLE_ARRAY MS_SHOULD_BE_FINAL | Implemented | ||||||
| Klocwork |
| SV.EXPOSE.FIELD SV.STRUTS.STATIC | |||||||
| Parasoft Jtest |
| CERT.OBJ10.SPFF CERT.OBJ10.RMO | Inspect 'static' fields which may have intended to be declared 'static final' Avoid referencing mutable fields | ||||||
| SonarQube |
| S1444 | "public static" fields should be constant | ||||||
| SpotBugs |
| MS_SHOULD_BE_FINAL | Implemented |
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