Const and final

import ballerina/io;

// Constants can be defined without the type.
// Then the type is inferred from the right hand side.
const MAX_VALUE = 1000;
const URL = "https://ballerina.io";

// The value for variable `msg` can only be assigned once.
final string msg = loadMessage();

public function main() {
    io:println(MAX_VALUE);
    io:println(URL);
    io:println(msg);
}

function loadMessage() returns string {
    return "Hello World";
}

Const and final

const means immutable and known at compile-time. Its type is singleton: a set containing a single value. A variable or a class field can be declared as final, which means it cannot be assigned after it has been initialized.

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import ballerina/io;

const MAX_VALUE = 1000;
const URL = "https://ballerina.io";

Constants can be defined without the type. Then the type is inferred from the right hand side.

final string msg = loadMessage();

The value for variable msg can only be assigned once.

public function main() {
    io:println(MAX_VALUE);
    io:println(URL);
    io:println(msg);
}

function loadMessage() returns string {
    return "Hello World";
}

bal run const_and_final
1000
https://ballerina.io
Hello World