In response to my recent blog posting Immutable Java Objects, Matt brought up a good point of discussion related to making Java classes truly immutable by declaring them as final so that they cannot ...

I am an ardent proponent of architectural principles as a way of guiding the work of solution architects. Based on solid The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) practice, one of my frequent ...

Java’s String class encapsulates an array of bytes. A byte can be converted to a char, in which case, String becomes an array of characters used to compose words, sentences, or any other data you want ...