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Interesting, and thanks for the answer. It's a while ago, but when I used reflection in Java (in v1.4, IIRC), what it did seemed like some of the capabilities y
by vram22 10y ago
Interesting, and thanks for the answer. It's a while ago, but when I used reflection in Java (in v1.4, IIRC), what it did seemed like some of the capabilities you describe under introspection above. Maybe they just used a different term for it than you do. Example: Finding the methods of a class and calling them dynamically at runtime, finding the number and types of the arguments of a method, etc. These capabilities were part of the java.reflect* package, IIRC.
- lispm 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_introspection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_introspection > Introspection should not be confused with reflection, which goes a step further and is the ability for a program to manipulate the values, meta-data, properties and/or functions of an object at runtime.
- vram22 10y agoThanks.