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When would you NOT use records, especially with JPA/Hibernate entities?
Tests whether you know JPA entities need a no-arg constructor, mutable fields, and identity based on a persistent ID -- all of which conflict with a record's immutability and value-based equals()/hashCode() -- so records are fine for DTOs but not for the entities themselves.
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