set "constant" after the fact
<p>I'm wanting to set a final variable after starting the constant. This works if the variable is not <code>final</code>, but that kind of defeats the purpose.</p>

<p>Can I do something <em>similar</em> to this?</p>

<pre><code>public static final String ASDF = null; 
{
    ASDF = "asdf";
}
</code></pre>

<p>My situation:</p>

<pre><code>public static JSONArray CATEGORIES = null; 
{
    String str = "";
    str += "\"" + FIRST_CATEGORY + "\"";
    try {
        CATEGORIES = new JSONArray("[" + str + "]");
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
};
</code></pre>
