Virtues of Immutable Objects
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  • Immutable objects are simpler to construct, test, and use.
  • Truly immutable objects are always thread-safe.
  • Immutable objects help avoid temporal coupling.
  • The usage of immutable objects is free of side effects (no defensive copies).
  • Immutable objects always have failure atomicity.
  • Immutable objects are much easier to cache.
  • Immutable objects prevent NULL references.
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