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 ...

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 ...

An immutable object is an object whose internal state remains constant after it has been entirely created. This means that the public API of an immutable object guarantees us that it will behave in ...