23.7 - Immutable Objects
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Practice Questions
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What is an immutable object?
💡 Hint: Think about how strings work in Java.
Why are immutable objects considered thread-safe?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when multiple threads access the same object.
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What does it mean for an object to be immutable?
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of immutable.
Immutable objects are thread-safe. True or False?
💡 Hint: Consider how they behave in multithreaded contexts.
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Challenge Problems
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Create an immutable class that models a product with properties like name and price. How would you handle an update to the product's price?
💡 Hint: Consider how you would extend the class with a method that returns the new instance.
Discuss how the use of immutable objects can lead to improved performance in certain cases within a multi-threaded application.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how data is shared in multithreaded programming.
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