== Why is this an issue?

Classes with only ``++private++`` constructors should be marked ``++final++`` to prevent any mistaken extension attempts.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
public class PrivateConstructorClass {  // Noncompliant
  private PrivateConstructorClass() {
    // ...
  }

  public static int magic(){
    return 42;
  }
}
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
----
public final class PrivateConstructorClass {  // Compliant
  private PrivateConstructorClass() {
    // ...
  }

  public static int magic(){
    return 42;
  }
}
----


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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Make this class "final" or add a public constructor.


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 27 May 2015, 08:42:14 Freddy Mallet wrote:
My personal feedback:

* I would not activate this rule by default as it is controversial -> some guys are going to say that it's useless to flag such classes as final as any way it's by design not possible to extend them
* Due to the previous point I would associate this rule to the SQALE characteristic "Maintainability > Understandability" and not "Changeability - Architecture related changeability"

=== on 27 May 2015, 19:16:27 Ann Campbell wrote:
Rule updated

=== on 1 Jun 2015, 13:06:32 Nicolas Peru wrote:
ok.

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