Value classes and primitive classes will have a big impact on Java and its ecosystem. The current roadmap for Project Valhalla plans to introduce value classes first, followed by primitive classes.

However, an ideal solution would be to restrict the inheritance to a few specific classes. That's exactly where the sealed class comes into the picture. What is a sealed class? Sealed classes, ...

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