From c4a4a24f4310031da83341b02aeda8dce1ea9d1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ribeaudc <ribeaudc>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 06:41:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] change: - Make 'Constants' final and add a private
 constructor.

SVN: 6237
---
 common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/Constants.java | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/Constants.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/Constants.java
index 5b19c4bd063..b100035b0b4 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/Constants.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/Constants.java
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
  * 
  * @author Bernd Rinn
  */
-public class Constants
+public final class Constants
 {
 
+    private Constants()
+    {
+        // This class can not be instantiated.
+    }
+
     /** String that indicates a marker file */
     public static final String MARKER_PREFIX = ".MARKER_";
 
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