Java Reflection

An executing Java program can introspect itself using java.lang.reflect.

Classes:

• Class - represents classes and interfaces
• Constructor - represents class constructors
• Method - represents class methods
• Fields - represent class fields
• Modifier - represents the modifier of a field
• Array - represents an array

Methods:

• isInstance - simulates the instanceof operator
• newInstance - create a new instance of the Class or Array
• getDeclaringClass - get the Class which declared the Method, Constructor etc.
• getDeclaredConstructors - get Constructor's declared by the class
• getDeclaredMethods - get Method's declared by the class
• getDeclaredFields - get the Field's declared by the class
• getModifiers - get the Modifier's of a field