Sounds like "value classes" is meant to be pretty much exactly what
Lombok's @Data does: Fields get getters (and setters if not final), an
appropriate constructor, and equals, hashCode, and toString
implementations that match standard practice.

If true, and you want to get a headstart: projectlombok.org :)

Disclaimer: I'm a co-author of lombok.

On Sep 21, 5:43 am, Serge Boulay <[email protected]> wrote:
> and also here. I thought it might be properties until I saw that explicitly
> listed too.
>
> "They also introduced the concept of reification, value classes and the long
> awaited properties."
>
> http://www.dzone.com/links/r/jdk_7_and_java_se_7_session_new_features...
>
> 2010/9/20 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>
>
>
>
> > First time I hear about it, I don't think it ever got mentioned a single
> > time on the Coin mailing-list. It sounds like it might be property support?
>
> > Where did you get this information?
>
> > --
> > Cédric
>
> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Serge Boulay <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> >> *"Mark Reinhold brought up  the concept of a "value" keyword that would
> >> allow for significant suppression of the boilerplate code for data/value
> >> classes."*
>
> >> I couldn't attend javaone, does anyone know if Mark posted a code sample
> >> or what the "value" keyword is or what it would look like?
>
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