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def of Value Object Pattern

 
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what is meant by Value Object Pattern
 
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Value Object helps in representing related values as a cohesive unit. Assume you wish to get an address. The address can be represented by a class called Address as

Any instance of this Address may be termed Value Object or Data Transfer Object.

Advantage : The below code of invoking a method of some class like
is clumsy. What if in future more detail is added ? Representing the data as a value object simplifies the above method signature as

 
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