在ArrayBlockingQueue中，为什么将最终成员字段复制到本地最终变量中？

public boolean offer(E e) {
    if (e == null) throw new NullPointerException();
    final ReentrantLock lock = this.lock;
    lock.lock();
    try {
        if (count == items.length)
            return false;
        else {
            insert(e);
            return true;
        }
    } finally {
        lock.unlock();
    }
}

private E extract() {
    final E[] items = this.items;
    E x = items[takeIndex];
    items[takeIndex] = null;
    takeIndex = inc(takeIndex);
    --count;
    notFull.signal();
    return x;
}