Quote: Guava values are stored in variables; no references, value equality, method export, null value, deep copying

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[In Guava a] value instance is directly stored in a … there are no references to [values]; assignment creates … the value, rather than object identity. … [value classes] may export methods and public fields. Uninitialized … [called null]. … Copying a value deep-copies any objects and values …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: Guava uses deep-copying for values and objects within values; does not copy references to monitors

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