I'm a big fan of domain driven design. One of the key concepts of that approach are what are called value objects: objects that are considered identical because they have the same values in their ...

Our applications are complicated enough without adding any more. Here's a way to think about your objects that allows you to dramatically simplify your object model, provided you're willing to turn ...

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An OpenJDK proposal would preview value classes and objects in a forthcoming version of Java. The feature would provide Java class instances that have only final fields and lack object identity. The ...

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...