final variables and parameters

seeing some methods it does actually help to enforce the parameters

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/BaseVersion.java

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public abstract class BaseVersion implements Version
 	 *
 	 * @throws AssertionError if assertion are enabled and revision or build are not natural numbers
 	 */
-	public BaseVersion( int revision, Channel channel, int build )
+	public BaseVersion( final int revision, final Channel channel, final int build )
 	{
 		assert revision >= 0;
 		assert build >= 0;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public abstract class BaseVersion implements Version
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public final boolean equals( Object o )
+	public final boolean equals( final Object o )
 	{
 		if( this == o )
 		{
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public abstract class BaseVersion implements Version
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		Version that = (Version) o;
+		final Version that = (Version) o;
 
 		if( this.revision != that.revision() )
 		{

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/DefaultVersion.java

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ public final class DefaultVersion extends BaseVersion
 	 * @param channel either alpha, beta or release
 	 * @param build natural number
 	 */
-	public DefaultVersion( int revision, Channel channel, int build )
+	public DefaultVersion( final int revision, final Channel channel, final int build )
 	{
 		super( revision, channel, build );
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean isNewerAs( Version maybeOlder )
+	public boolean isNewerAs( final Version maybeOlder )
 	{
 		if( this.revision() > maybeOlder.revision() )
 		{

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/DoNotCheckVersion.java

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public final class DoNotCheckVersion extends BaseVersion
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean isNewerAs( Version maybeOlder )
+	public boolean isNewerAs( final Version maybeOlder )
 	{
 		return true;
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/MissingVersion.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public final class MissingVersion extends BaseVersion
 	 * @return false
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean isNewerAs( Version maybeOlder )
+	public boolean isNewerAs( final Version maybeOlder )
 	{
 		return false;
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/ModVersionFetcher.java

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public final class ModVersionFetcher implements VersionFetcher
 	private final String rawModVersion;
 	private final VersionParser parser;
 
-	public ModVersionFetcher( String rawModVersion, VersionParser parser )
+	public ModVersionFetcher( final String rawModVersion, final VersionParser parser )
 	{
 		this.rawModVersion = rawModVersion;
 		this.parser = parser;

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/VersionCheckerConfig.java

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public final class VersionCheckerConfig
 	/**
 	 * @param file requires fully qualified file in which the config is saved
 	 */
-	public VersionCheckerConfig( File file )
+	public VersionCheckerConfig( final File file )
 	{
 		this.config = new Configuration( file );
 

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/VersionParser.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public final class VersionParser
 	 *
 	 * @throws AssertionError if raw String does not match pattern of a {@link Version}
 	 */
-	public Version parse( String raw )
+	public Version parse( final String raw )
 	{
 		final String transformed = this.transformDelimiter( raw );
 		final String[] split = transformed.split( "_" );
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class VersionParser
 	 *
 	 * @return transformed raw, where "." and "-" are replaced by "_"
 	 */
-	private String transformDelimiter( String raw )
+	private String transformDelimiter( final String raw )
 	{
 		assert raw.contains( "." ) || raw.contains( "-" );
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final class VersionParser
 	 *
 	 * @return {@link Version} represented by the splitRaw
 	 */
-	private Version parseVersion( String[] splitRaw )
+	private Version parseVersion( final String[] splitRaw )
 	{
 		assert splitRaw.length == 3;
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public final class VersionParser
 	 *
 	 * @return revision number
 	 */
-	private int parseRevision( String rawRevision )
+	private int parseRevision( final String rawRevision )
 	{
 		assert PATTERN_VALID_REVISION.matcher( rawRevision ).matches();
 
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ public final class VersionParser
 	 *
 	 * @return matching {@link Channel} to the String
 	 */
-	private Channel parseChannel( String rawChannel )
+	private Channel parseChannel( final String rawChannel )
 	{
 		assert rawChannel.equalsIgnoreCase( Channel.Alpha.name() ) || rawChannel.equalsIgnoreCase( Channel.Beta.name() ) || rawChannel.equalsIgnoreCase( Channel.Stable.name() );
 
-		for( Channel channel : Channel.values() )
+		for( final Channel channel : Channel.values() )
 		{
 			if( channel.name().equalsIgnoreCase( rawChannel ) )
 			{
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public final class VersionParser
 	 *
 	 * @return build number
 	 */
-	private int parseBuild( String rawBuild )
+	private int parseBuild( final String rawBuild )
 	{
 		assert PATTERN_NATURAL.matcher( rawBuild ).matches();
 

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/github/DefaultFormattedRelease.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public final class DefaultFormattedRelease implements FormattedRelease
 	private final Version version;
 	private final String changelog;
 
-	public DefaultFormattedRelease( Version version, String changelog )
+	public DefaultFormattedRelease( final Version version, final String changelog )
 	{
 		this.version = version;
 		this.changelog = changelog;

src/main/java/appeng/services/version/github/ReleaseFetcher.java

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public final class ReleaseFetcher
 	private final VersionCheckerConfig config;
 	private final VersionParser parser;
 
-	public ReleaseFetcher( VersionCheckerConfig config, VersionParser parser )
+	public ReleaseFetcher( final VersionCheckerConfig config, final VersionParser parser )
 	{
 		this.config = config;
 		this.parser = parser;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public final class ReleaseFetcher
 
 			return latestFitRelease;
 		}
-		catch( Exception e )
+		catch( final Exception e )
 		{
 			AELog.error( e );
 
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@ public final class ReleaseFetcher
 		}
 	}
 
-	private String getRawReleases( URL url ) throws IOException
+	private String getRawReleases( final URL url ) throws IOException
 	{
 		return IOUtils.toString( url );
 	}
 
-	private FormattedRelease getLatestFitRelease( Iterable<Release> releases )
+	private FormattedRelease getLatestFitRelease( final Iterable<Release> releases )
 	{
 		final String levelInConfig = this.config.level();
 		final Channel level = Channel.valueOf( levelInConfig );
 		final int levelOrdinal = level.ordinal();
 
-		for( Release release : releases )
+		for( final Release release : releases )
 		{
 			final String rawVersion = release.tag_name;
 			final String changelog = release.body;