convert C++ statement to java?

CORRECT STATEMENT:

final String VERSIONS[][] = new String[][]{{"3.0", "5"}, {"2.0", "6"}, {"4.0", "7"}};

If you want to define a three dimensional array, it would be like:

final String VERSIONS[][][] = new String[][][] {{{"3.0", "5"}, {"2.0","6"}, {"4.0", "7"}},{{"3.0", "5"}, {"2.0", "6"}, {"4.0", "7"}},{{"3.0", "5"}, {"2.0", "6"}, {"4.0", "7"}}};

>> You can declare it as static final if you are declaring it outside a method.

>> We do use UPPERCASE in variable declarations if the variable is CONSTANT. Using final makes a variable constant, so you are right declaring the variable VERSIONS in uppercase.

>> Constant variable means you can't change the value of the variable.

static final String[ ][ ] VERSIONS = {{"3.0", "5"}, {"2.0", "6"}, {"4.0", "7"}};

I think you muffed-up with the static final. That's a Java thing (although C++ does have static, but it does something quite different). So, I left that because I think the array notation is what you were really after. Note that the String has one dimension of its own, so you don't have to declare it, unlike char* arrays that would have 3 dimensions in C++.

And no Java programmer would ever use all caps in a variable name. All lowercase yes, but not upper.

Good answers before my post. Just to clarify something tho...

static cause the java compiler to init that var first and if the var isn't declared, the var gets a default value.

static myInt; // = 0

static myString; // = ""

static myFloat; // = 0.0f

static myObject; // = null

and so on so forth, and then for the concept of making constants that would include the modifier 'final'

static final String MY_STRING = "a string"; // makes a constant

by java coding convention, constants are ALL_CAPS

if you declare a static final without a value, it will be null or zero and you can't change it later in your code.

final is NOT a C++ keyword (it is infact a java keyword).