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+{
+    "type": "documentation",
+    "category": "Amazon DynamoDB Enhanced Client",
+    "contributor": "",
+    "description": "Add documentation clarifying usage for ddb enhanced client"
+}
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@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ completely made up and not part of this library. Any search or key
 values used are also completely arbitrary.
 
 ### Initialization
+**IMPORTANT**: Fields in your DynamoDbBean java class **MUST NOT** be marked as `final`. 
+The DynamoDB Enhanced Client requires fields to be mutable for the mapping to work correctly.
+
 1. Create or use a java class for mapping records to and from the
    database table. At a minimum you must annotate the class so that
    it can be used as a DynamoDb bean, and also the property that