declare variable as final

JComboBox bookmarkList;

String[] bookmarks = EmployeeEdit2.getBookmarks();

bookmarkList =new JComboBox(bookmarks);

bookmarkList.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){

publicvoid actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

String selection = bookmarkList.getSelectedItem();

actionGoToBookmark(selection);

}

});

i am getting this error message when trying to compile this part:

"local variable bookmarkList is accessed from within inner class; needs to be declared final"

how do i declare it final?

thanks

[811 byte] By [boblettoj99a] at [2007-11-26 18:22:02]