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hmaheshwari
hmaheshwari

Reputation: 3

Implementation of Immutable class in Java

In my application, I need to make my class as immutable, but in my class I have an object of other class which is mutable, can anyone please suggest me Implementation.

Pseudo code:

Class A which I would like as immutable class

class A {
    /* ... */ 

    //class B is mutable
    B b = new B();
    /* ... */ 
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 118

Answers (1)

sidgate
sidgate

Reputation: 15244

Assuming you need to access b from outside world, you will need to wrap all methods on B and declare those in A. Additionally, take b as constructor parameter, without getter/setter method.

class A{
   private final b;
   A(B b){
     this.b = b;    
   }
   public String getSomeValue(){
     return b.getSomeValue();
   }

}

Edit: Refer to Hoopje' comment regarding cloning b in constructor. If clone or copy constructor not available on B then you have to construct new B on your own in A

Upvotes: 2

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