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RE: Mutable versus Immutable Objects

Posted by Lutz Ihlenburg on April 26, 2000 at 9:50 AM

Hello Bill,

thanks for answering my question
> If there is no solution: Why may one make something in Java
> with arrays, what is forbidden with normal objects?

Your answer was:
--snip
> Class Integer happens to be immutable. Once it is created with
> a value, it can't change. Arrays are always mutable.
--snip
Is there for it a simple reason? I cannot believe that it is so difficult to implement a simple algorithm calculating two or more integers.

Sincerely
Lutz

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