如何更新不可变对象中的字段

How to update a field in a immutable object

假设如下 class:

@Immutable
public final MyMessageClass {

 private String message;
 private Date dateLastChange;
 private String identifier;

 public MyClass(final String message){
   this.message = message;
   dataLastChange = new Date();
 } 

 public Date lastChange() {
   return new Date(dateLastChange.getTime());
 }

 public String messageValue(){
   return message;
 }

}

一旦我们构建了这个 class 的对象,

MyMessageClass myMessageObject = new MyMessageClass("Once upon a time ...");

一旦我们完成了一些操作,

 logger.info("The message is{}",myMessageObject.messageValue());
 logger.info("The last change was done on {}",myMessageObject.lastChange());

它应该从某个地方(例如远程服务)获取 identifier 并将其附加到 message。但是,如果我这样做:

myMessageObject.setIdentifier(identifier);

我应该破坏了对象的不变性能力。如果是这样,更新 identifier 字段的最佳方法是如何避免调用新的构造函数(因此创建一个新对象)?

所以问题只是因为您想先记录一些东西?不能在构建对象后执行此操作吗?

或者,您可以使用构建器模式,像这样。请注意最后的实例字段 - 即使没有注释,此 class 的实例也是不可变的。

@Immutable
public final MyMessageClass {

    private final String message;
    private final Date dateLastChange;
    private final String identifier;

    public MyClass(final MyMessageClass.Builder builder){
        this.message = builder.message;
        this.dataLastChange = builder.dataLastChange;
        this.identifier = builder.identifier;
    } 

    public Date lastChange() {
        return new Date(dateLastChange.getTime());
    }

    public String messageValue(){
        return message;
    }

    public String identifier(){
        return identifier;
    }

    public static final class Builder {
        private String message;
        private final Date dateLastChange = new Date();
        private String identifier;

        public Builder message(final String message) {
            this.message = message;
            return this;
        }

        public String message() {
            return message;
        }

        public Builder identifier(final String identifier) {
            this.identifier = identifier;
            return this;
        }

        public String identifier() {
            return identifier;
        }

        public Date lastChange() {
            return new Date(dateLastChange.getTime());
        }

        public MyMessageClass build() {
            return new MyMessageClass(this);
        }
    }
}

然后您可以逐步构建对象的内容。

MyMessageClass.Builder builder = new MyMessageClass.Builder().message("Once upon a time ...");
logger.info("The message is{}", builder.message());
logger.info("The last change was done on {}",builder.lastChange());
String identifier = // get the identifier from somewhere
MyMessageClass message = builder.identifier(identifier).build();