Java reflection

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Reflection

This is an example of reflection, Creating an instants

AClazz a = new AClass("hello");
Class<?> AClazz = a.getClass();
Constructor<AClazz> constructor = AClazz.class.getConstructor(a);
return (AClazz) constructor.newInstance("hello");


Invoke a method

Class<?> c = Class.forName("class name");
Method  method = c.getDeclaredMethod ("method name", parameterTypes)
method.invoke (objectToInvokeOn, params)