Hi,

Why is the Elvis elvis definition has to be final to be used inside the Thread run() method?

 Elvis elvis = Elvis.INSTANCE; // ----> should be final Elvis elvis = Elvis.INSTANCE
 elvis.sing(4);

 Thread t1 = new Thread(
   new Runnable() {
   @Override
   public void run() {
   elvis.sing(6); // --------> elvis has to be final to compile
  }
}
);


 public enum Elvis {
   INSTANCE(2);

   Elvis() {
     this.x = new AtomicInteger(0);
   }

   Elvis(int x){
     this.x = new AtomicInteger(x);
   }

   private AtomicInteger x = new AtomicInteger(0);

   public int getX() { return x.get(); }

   public void setX(int x) {this.x = new AtomicInteger(x);}

   public void sing(int x) {
      this.x = new AtomicInteger(x);
      System.out.println("Elvis singing.." + x);
   }
 }