Difference between these two code snippets

Hi,

Can any one tell me the difference between the following two code snippets any specific advantage of using the first one.

I've a final boolean variable "readOnly" in the class. and the following method

private final void setReadOnlyPolicy(Connection c) throws SQLException {

boolean readOnlyPolicy = readOnly;

if (c.isReadOnly() != readOnlyPolicy) {

// read only policy of the connection is different than specified,

// change it

c.setReadOnly(readOnlyPolicy);

}

}

Cann't we write it like

private final void setReadOnlyPolicy(Connection c) throws SQLException {

if (c.isReadOnly() != readOnly) {

// read only policy of the connection is different than specified,

// change it

c.setReadOnly(readOnlyPolicy);

}

}

Regards,

Rakesh

[861 byte] By [rakesh_mscita] at [2007-11-27 8:30:51]