Using reflection really hamstrings the JVM JIT- This stack overflow thread corroborates the "factor of ten" figure, in this case for object instantiation: http:

Using reflection really hamstrings the JVM JIT- This stack overflow thread corroborates the "factor of ten" figure, in this case for object instantiation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/435553/java-reflection-performance http://stackoverflow.com/questions/435553/java-reflection-pe...