The book Java Reflection in Action was published in 2004, but remains largely applicable eight years later. In this post, I review this book and cover its strengths and its weaknesses. In general, age ...

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...

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Researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in the Java Reflection API that can be exploited by a decade-old attack. No Java component has had a bigger bull’s eye on its back this year than the ...

How to call Unity Methods from Java Plugins that you write for Unity3D-Android. Unity is a great game engine to develop mobile games. It brings a lot of functionality with easy to use tools. But as ...