From 32df432bacccf43b5e56a005afdbb02df5261133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Wood <jellybob@php.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:16:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Created a reference on using the final keyword.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@164118 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 language/oop5/final.xml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/language/oop5/final.xml b/language/oop5/final.xml
index e669d1c60e..c9e6ff0e63 100644
--- a/language/oop5/final.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/final.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,37 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
  <sect1 id="language.oop5.final">
   <title>Final Keyword</title>
   <para>
-   .
+   PHP 5 introduces the final keyword, which prevents child classes from
+   overriding a method or variable by prefixing the definition with final.
   </para>
+  
+  <example>
+   <title>Abstract class example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+class BaseClass {
+   public function test() {
+       echo "BaseClass::test() called\n";
+   }
+   
+   final public function moreTesting() {
+       echo "BaseClass::moreTesting() called\n";
+   }
+}
 
+class ChildClass extends BaseClass {
+   public function moreTesting() {
+       echo "ChildClass::moreTesting() called\n";
+   }
+}
+// Results in Fatal error: Cannot override final method BaseClass::moreTesting()
+?> 
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
+  </example>
 
  </sect1>