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| <body> |
| Useful constants that the Java compiler will in-line. |
| A collection of reference interfaces that contain primitive or |
| String constants. Such constants will be in-lined by the Java |
| compiler hopefully leading to smaller footprint, than a reference |
| to a field entails. Fields in interfaces are automatically public, |
| static and final, hence constants. |
| <P> |
| These classes should not need to be shipped with any of the Derby jar files. |
| If one is shipped with a Jar file then it most likely means the field |
| representing the constant was a non-String Object (e.g. new Integer(1)) |
| or the final field is a calculated value that could not be resolved |
| to a constant by the Java compiler. |
| </body> |
