Title: Rule 05. Object Orientation (OBJ)  
Author: Fred Long Sept 13, 2007
Last Changed by: David Svoboda Aug 07, 2025
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    Page: OBJ07-J. Sensitive classes must not let themselves be copied
    Page: OBJ10-J. Do not use public static nonfinal fields
    Page: OBJ01-J. Limit accessibility of fields
    Page: OBJ03-J. Prevent heap pollution
    Page: OBJ08-J. Do not expose private members of an outer class from within a nested class
    Page: OBJ09-J. Compare classes and not class names
    Page: OBJ05-J. Do not return references to private mutable class members
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    Page: OBJ01-J. Limit accessibility of fields
    Page: OBJ02-J. Preserve dependencies in subclasses when changing superclasses
    Page: OBJ03-J. Prevent heap pollution
    Page: OBJ04-J. Provide mutable classes with copy functionality to safely allow passing instances to untrusted code
    Page: OBJ05-J. Do not return references to private mutable class members
    Page: OBJ06-J. Defensively copy mutable inputs and mutable internal components
    Page: OBJ07-J. Sensitive classes must not let themselves be copied
    Page: OBJ08-J. Do not expose private members of an outer class from within a nested class
    Page: OBJ09-J. Compare classes and not class names
    Page: OBJ10-J. Do not use public static nonfinal fields
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