Constant field in repeating group produces Java compile error

[donmendelson]

A constant field produced this code in an inner class:

public class MDIncRefresh implements MessageFlyweight
{
..
public class MDEntries implements GroupFlyweight
{
...
private static final byte[] TradingSessionIDValue = {65};

    public int TradingSessionIDLength()
    {
        return 1;
    }

    public byte TradingSessionID(final int index)
    {
        return TradingSessionIDValue[index];
    }

This is the error on the constant declaration:

The field TradingSessionIDValue cannot be declared static; static fields can only be declared in static or top level types MDIncRefresh.java /InteropTester/src/MarketData line 434 Java Problem

[tmontgomery]

This is a constant type within a repeating group, correct?

[donmendelson]

Correct

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On Nov 7, 2013, at 6:18 PM, "Todd L. Montgomery" <notifications@github.commailto:notifications@github.com> wrote:

This is a constant type within a repeating group, correct?

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[tmontgomery]

I've confirmed this. A string constant within a repeating group (but not one in a composite) will result in this error during the compile. Will have to refactor the constant storage. For C++99, it is stored in each method. That isn't possible for Java, though.

[mjpt777]

Changed support for constants in repeating groups to use instance initialisation rather than static initialisation. Java does not allow static initialization for inner classes.