Make Array Unmodifiable?

From: Ken (kk_oop_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: 31 May 2004 05:50:40 -0700

Is there a standard approach or pattern for making an array that
cannot be modified? I ask this in this context: I'd like to be able
to return an array from a class method without letting the caller
subsequently modify the array. In C++ I'd return it as a const. Java
does not have such a construct. It seems that collections can handle
something like this, but then I lose the type safety of arrays.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ken

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