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    <p>Reflection is a powerful construct which is often used by underlying libraries such as Guice and Hibernate to make life easier. It is often used where a class needs to be configured and then instantiated on the fly. For example:</p> <pre><code>public Strategy prepare(String clazz, Properties config) throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException { Class&lt;?&gt; clazz = Class.forName(clazz); Strategy strategy = (Strategy) clazz.newInstance(); strategy.initialise(config); return strategy; } </code></pre> <p>Here, the clazz parameter names the class to instantiate. It is assumed that the class will be a subclass of the Strategy class/interface. It is then also initiated with settings passed in through the config parameter. This allows for a highly configurable/dynamic environment.</p> <p>However, reflection quite often leads to very dangerous (and malicious) code and for that reason, reflection should be avoided, unless absolutely necessary. Also keep in mind, that reflection is slower than a direct call. Here's an actual example pulled from a production system of how NOT to use reflection.</p> <pre><code>private static CacheManager getRawInstance() { lock.lock(); try { final Field field = CacheManager.class.getDeclaredField("singleton"); field.setAccessible(true); // &lt;&lt; -- ?? return (CacheManager) field.get(CacheManager.class); } catch (Exception e) { logger.error(e.getMessage(), e); return null; } finally { lock.unlock(); } } </code></pre> <p>Here, the private field in ehcache is changed and accessed. This is downright bad coding. </p>
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    1. COWait, Field.setAccessible(true) was used in production??? I'm guessing that was an interesting day when that gem was found.
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    2. COYes Dan, indeed... the lock also polished the gem a bit more (what happened to "synchronized"?). The issue was discovered when ehcache started misbehaving in other parts of the system (ignoring configuration, etc.) After factoring it out... it was left intact with a comment as a warning. It was a good lesson. It illustrates how dangerous reflection code can be.
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