java - Use var in field declaration

Question

So starting in Java 9, we can use var to declare local variables:

var s = "cool";

is there a way to use a similar construct when declaring fields?

class Container {
  final var s = "cool"; // does not compile tmk
}

doesn't seem like it from what I can tell.

Answer 1

is there a way to use a similar construct when declaring fields?

No.

According to JEP 286: Local-Variable Type Inference:

This treatment would be restricted to local variables with initializers, indexes in the enhanced for-loop, and locals declared in a traditional for-loop; it would not be available for method formals, constructor formals, method return types, fields, catch formals or any other kind of variable declaration.