Comments on: Java feature request: static reflection

By: Diego Pires Plentz : Static reflection

Diego Pires Plentz : Static reflection — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:08:25 +0000

[...] O Villela recém postou no seu blog, um pequeno recado pro pessoal do JCP, que espero que seja lido, re-lido e repassado até que alguém lá da nave-mãe veja: static reflection. A idéia seria prover alguma forma de reflexão estaticamente, algo do tipo: [...]

By: Fernando Meyer’s WebLog » Static reflection request

Fernando Meyer’s WebLog » Static reflection request — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:14:38 +0000

[...] Carlos Villela wrote about a new feature request for Java�s reflection API on his blog. [...]

By: Fernando Meyer

Fernando Meyer — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:40:45 +0000

I think you must submit this request. I don’t even know, why sun still use isA?
[trackback] http://fmeyer.org/typo/public/articles/2006/09/26/static-reflection-request

By: Nat

Nat — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:04:43 +0000

Have a look at jMock 2: a literate programming style *and* refactoring friendly: http://cvs.jmock.codehaus.org/browse/jmock/jmock2/test/org/jmock/test/acceptance.

By: Diego Pires Plentz » Static reflection

Diego Pires Plentz » Static reflection — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:40:00 +0000

[...] O Villela rec�m postou no seu blog, um pequeno recado pro pessoal do JCP, que espero que seja lido, re-lido e repassado at� que algu�m l� da nave-m�e veja: static reflection. A id�ia seria prover alguma forma de reflex�o estaticamente, algo do tipo: [...]

By: Carlos Villela

Carlos Villela — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:14:24 +0000

Yeah, EasyMock has a somewhat cleaner syntax, which I currently prefer over JMock’s literate programming style, but that still leaves the configuration for Spring and many other frameworks behind.

I like the idea of thisMethod, but can’t think of any uses for it off the top of my head right now. What do you have in mind?

By: Bob Lee

Bob Lee — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:09:49 +0000

Or you could use EasyMock (which has an even cleaner syntax). Being able to reference Method objects more easily would be nice though. Supporting a notion of “thisMethod” would be a good start.