Why I can't use static for constant in JSP

Hi,

I use the static final for all the constant in my readUploadfile function :

private void readUploadfile(String uploadfileP, String tempfileP)

{

String linestr, linestr2;

int linenum, closelinenum;

static final String openschemaA="schema.a";

static final String openschemaB="schema.b";

static final String openschemaC="schema.c";

static final String openschemaD="schema.d";

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but I got the following error :

jsp:44: Error: static is not a valid local variable or parameter modifier.

jsp:45: Error: static is not a valid local variable or parameter modifier.

jsp:46: Error: static is not a valid local variable or parameter modifier.

jsp:47: Error: static is not a valid local variable or parameter modifier.

when I remove the static, it works fine, why I can't use static for the constants in JSP?

Thanks,

ED

[977 byte] By [ED008OK] at [2007-9-26 21:11:16]