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 ...

A common pain point in .NET programming is the amount of boilerplate code necessary to implement immutable objects such as explicitly defined backing stores for each property. Under a new draft ...

Conceptually, it sounds easy to create immutable objects. However, there are a couple nuances to note when ensuring that a Java class is defined so that its instantiated objects are immutable.

And now I have a true, immutable value type. But, to recognize that others may prefer to create classes with read-only properties, I'll probably continue to refer to "value objects." There's also more ...

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