Java ™ Reflection API

Reflection enables Java code to discover information about the fields, methods and constructors of loaded classes, and to use reflected fields, methods, and constructors to operate on their underlying counterparts, within security restrictions. The API accommodates applications that need access to either the public members of a target object (based on its runtime class) or the members declared by a given class. It also allows programs to suppress default reflective access control.

API Specification

• java.lang.reflect

Tutorials and Programmer's Guides

• Dyanmic Proxy Classes

Enhancements

• Enhancements in Java SE 6
• Enhancements in J2SE 5.0
• Enhancements in J2SDK 1.4

More Information

• Using Java Reflection
• Reflection API Code Samples