On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:26 AM, klaasjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> I do Integer.valueOf(3);
>

But what you do not know is that I've already replaced cell no 4 in the
internal cache in  Integer.class with the value 1337


>
> On Dec 4, 4:58 am, hlovatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In 219 there was a long discussion about setting up an object and then
> > making it immutable. There are a couple of ways of doing this in Java
> > already:
> >
> > public class FooArgs {
> >   public int x = 1; // 1 is default
> >   public int y = 2;
> >   public int z = 3;
> >   ...
> >
> > }
> >
> > public class Foo {
> >   public Foo( FooArgs args ) { ... }
> >   ...
> >
> > }
> >
> >   Foo foo = new Foo( new FooArgs() {{ x = 2 }} );
> >
> > Another option is an immutable and mutable versions that inherit from
> > a common base and implement a standard conversion interface. First the
> > standard interface:
> >
> > public interface ImmutableValueConversions {
> >   Immutable toImmutable() throws IllegalStateException;
> >   Value toValue();
> >
> > }
> >
> > Below is an integer example that uses an abstract class as the base of
> > the hierarchy. You can also use interfaces. The abstract class is:
> >
> >     8:public abstract class AbstractInteger extends AbstractValue
> >     9:    implements ImmutableValueConversions, InstanceFactory {
> >    10:    public abstract int getValue();
> >    11:
> >    12:    public abstract AbstractInteger instanceOfSelf( int value );
> >    13:
> >    14:    public AbstractInteger add( final int rhs ) {
> >    15:        return instanceOfSelf( getValue() + rhs );
> >    16:    }
> >    17:}
> >
> > Then the immutable version:
> >
> >     9:public final class ImmutableInteger2 extends AbstractInteger
> >    10:    implements Immutable {
> >    11:    private final int value;
> >    12:
> >    13:    public ImmutableInteger2( final int value ) {
> >    14:        this.value = value;
> >    15:    }
> >    16:
> >    17:    public int getValue() {
> >    18:        return value;
> >    19:    }
> >    20:
> >    21:    public Immutable toImmutable() {
> >    22:        return this;
> >    23:    }
> >    24:
> >    25:    public Value toValue() {
> >    26:        return new ValueInteger( value );
> >    27:    }
> >    28:
> >    29:    public AbstractInteger instanceOfSelf( final int value ) {
> >    30:        return new ImmutableInteger2( value );
> >    31:    }
> >    38:}
> >
> > And the value version:
> >
> >     9:public final class ValueInteger extends AbstractInteger {
> >    10:    // Not final, this is the value version
> >    11:    private int value;
> >    12:
> >    13:    public ValueInteger( final int value ) {
> >    14:        this.value = value;
> >    15:    }
> >    16:
> >    17:    public int getValue() {
> >    18:        return value;
> >    19:    }
> >    20:
> >    21:    // Setter, this is the value version!
> >    22:    public void setValue( final int value ) {
> >    23:        this.value = value;
> >    24:    }
> >    25:
> >    26:    public Immutable toImmutable() {
> >    27:        return new ImmutableInteger2( value );
> >    28:    }
> >    29:
> >    30:    public Value toValue() {
> >    31:        return new ValueInteger( value );
> >    32:    }
> >    33:
> >    34:    public AbstractInteger instanceOfSelf( final int value ) {
> >    35:        return new ValueInteger( value );
> >    36:    }
> >    37:
> >    38:    // Set and add combined (+=), this is the value version!
> >    39:    public ValueInteger setAdd( final int rhs ) {
> >    40:        value += rhs;
> >    41:        return this;
> >    42:    }
> >    49:}
> >
> > Then you can use these classes like this:
> >
> >   ImmutableInteger i = (ImmutableInteger)( new ValueInteger().setValue
> > ( 2 ).toValue() );
> >
> > My own pet project, PEC, is an extensible compiler that can enforce
> > patterns, the above immutable pattern can be enforced. More details
> > from:
> >
> >  http://pec.dev.java.net/nonav/frontpage.html
> >
> > What do others do?
>
> >
>


-- 
Viktor Klang
Senior Systems Analyst

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