是否可以在Java中扩展最终类?

关于可能的重复项:

该线程没有要求如何扩展 final 类.在问为什么声明为 final 的类可能会扩展另一个类.

This thread is not asking how to extend a final class. It is asking why a class declared as final could possibly extend another class.

来自此线程:

final 类只是无法扩展的类.

但是，我有一个帮助程序类，该类声明为 final ，并 extends 另一个类:

However, I have a helper class which I declared to be final and extends another class:

public final class PDFGenerator extends PdfPageEventHelper {
    private static Font font;

    private PDFGenerator() {
        // prevent instantiation
    }

    static {
        try {
            BaseFont baseFont = BaseFont.createFont(
                "/Trebuchet MS.ttf",
                BaseFont.WINANSI,
                BaseFont.EMBEDDED
            );

            font = new Font(baseFont, 9);

        } catch(DocumentException de) { 
            de.printStackTrace();

        } catch(IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static ByteArrayOutputStream generatePDF() throws DocumentException {            
        Document doc = new Document();
        ByteArrayOutputStream baosPDF = new ByteArrayOutputStream();        
        PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, baosPDF);

        try {           
            // create pdf

        } catch(DocumentException de) {
            baosPDF.reset();
            throw de;

        } finally {
            if(doc != null) {
                doc.close();
            }

            if(pdfWriter != null) {
                pdfWriter.close();
            }
        }

        return baosPDF;
    }
}

Eclipse不会检测到任何错误.我已经测试了该类，并且PDF正确无误地成功生成了.

Eclipse does not detect anything wrong with it. I have tested the class and the PDF was successfully generated without error.

为什么在理论上我不应该能够扩展 final 类?

Why was I able to extend a final class when I should not be able to in theory?

(如果重要的话，我正在使用Java 7.)

(I am using Java 7 if that matters.)