In response to my recent blog posting Immutable Java Objects, Matt brought up a good point of discussion related to making Java classes truly immutable by declaring them as final so that they cannot ...

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Immutable objects are highly desirable. Because an immutable object’s state cannot be changed, they are particularly useful in concurrent environments. Immutable options can simplify code and reduce ...

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In a previous column I discussed all the reasons for creating read-only objects and how they could simplify your applications (in fact, I recommended that creating a read-only object should be your ...

Throughout the course of an application, you probably write quite a bit of code to test whether objects are valid before you use them. That's a lot of grunt work. Unfortunately, you often end up ...

If you're not familiar with object-oriented programming, some of the concepts can be hard to understand, especially if you're a longtime procedural language programmer. Follow along as we take a look ...