diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/pom.xml b/java-shallow-deep-copy/pom.xml
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+  <artifactId>java-shallow-deep-copy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>java-shallow-deep-copy</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>18</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>18</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+      <version>5.9.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>3.8.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/App.java b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/App.java
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/App.java
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+package com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/Person.java b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/Person.java
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/Person.java
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+package com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.data;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Person {
+
+    private String name;
+    private String surname;
+    private List<String> addresses;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getSurname() {
+        return surname;
+    }
+
+    public void setSurname(String surname) {
+        this.surname = surname;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getAddresses() {
+        return addresses;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddresses(List<String> addresses) {
+        this.addresses = addresses;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/PersonDeep.java b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/PersonDeep.java
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/PersonDeep.java
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+package com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.data;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class PersonDeep  extends Person{
+
+    public PersonDeep(String name, String surname, List<String> addresses) {
+        this.setName(name);
+        this.setSurname(surname);
+        List<String> deepCopyList = new ArrayList<>();
+        deepCopyList.addAll(addresses);
+        this.setAddresses(deepCopyList);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/PersonShallow.java b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/PersonShallow.java
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/data/PersonShallow.java
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+package com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.data;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class PersonShallow extends Person {
+
+    public PersonShallow(String name, String surname, List<String> addresses) {
+        this.setName(name);
+        this.setSurname(surname);
+        this.setAddresses(addresses);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/unit/DeepCopyTest.java b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/unit/DeepCopyTest.java
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/unit/DeepCopyTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.unit;
+
+import com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.data.PersonDeep;
+import com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.data.PersonShallow;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class DeepCopyTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void whenTheParameterIsNotAnImmutableObject_thenShouldDoADeepCopy (){
+        String name = "Hello";
+        String surname = "World";
+        List<String> addresses = new ArrayList<>();
+        addresses.add("Standford street");
+        PersonDeep personShallow = new PersonDeep(name,surname,addresses);
+        personShallow.getAddresses().forEach(System.out :: println);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(addresses, personShallow.getAddresses());
+        addresses.add("Oxford street");
+        personShallow.getAddresses().forEach(System.out :: println);
+        Assertions.assertNotEquals(addresses, personShallow.getAddresses());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/unit/ShallowCopyTest.java b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/unit/ShallowCopyTest.java
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+++ b/java-shallow-deep-copy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_shallow_deep_copy/unit/ShallowCopyTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.unit;
+
+import com.baeldung.java_shallow_deep_copy.data.PersonShallow;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+public class ShallowCopyTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void whenTheParameterIsAnImmutableObject_thenShouldNotChangeTheValue (){
+        String name = "Hello";
+        String surname = "World";
+        PersonShallow personShallow = new PersonShallow(name,surname,null);
+        surname = "Pluto";
+        Assertions.assertNotEquals(surname, personShallow.getSurname());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenTheParameterIsNotAnImmutableObject_thenShouldDoAShallowCopy (){
+        String name = "Hello";
+        String surname = "World";
+        List<String> addresses = new ArrayList<>();
+        addresses.add("Standford street");
+        PersonShallow personShallow = new PersonShallow(name,surname,addresses);
+        personShallow.getAddresses().forEach(System.out :: println);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(addresses, personShallow.getAddresses());
+        addresses.add("Oxford street");
+        personShallow.getAddresses().forEach(System.out :: println);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(addresses, personShallow.getAddresses());
+    }
+
+
+
+}