From 35c2869875083670018b8c0d12544667d8b8c17d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <jhoeller@vmware.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:56:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] INSTANCE constant should be marked as final (SPR-9101)

---
 .../main/java/org/springframework/core/OrderComparator.java   | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/OrderComparator.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/OrderComparator.java
index 829ee4c275..2cadb0a45b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/OrderComparator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/OrderComparator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class OrderComparator implements Comparator<Object> {
 	/**
 	 * Shared default instance of OrderComparator.
 	 */
-	public static OrderComparator INSTANCE = new OrderComparator();
+	public static final OrderComparator INSTANCE = new OrderComparator();
 
 
 	public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {