Java developers have spent decades working with a basic assumption about objects: every object has its own identity. Now, OpenJDK developers are preparing to loosen that rule with JDK 28.

JEP 401, integrated into JDK 28, introduces value objects. These new class instances feature final fields, altered behavior ...

Three Oracle engineers have submitted a formal thesis of proposed enhancements to the Java Virtual Machine and Java language to support small, immutable value types. “The goal of this effort is to ...

An OpenJDK proposal would preview value classes and objects in a forthcoming version of Java. The feature would provide Java class instances that have only final fields and lack object identity. The ...