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what is java reflection ? what are the benefits of using java reflection ? any practiccal situation If anybody cud plz tell me.
Can anybody plz tell me some good and plain url's to understand java reflection ?
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Java reflection in the easiest explaination is that it discovers an object, or the object's type, methods, etc.
Check the java tutorial by Sun: reflection
 
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Here's a little exercise in reflection that might be interesting.
http://www.surfscranton.com/architecture/Interpreter.htm
There is one class in the source called Reflector that does all the reflection work.
 
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