Its amazing what you can do with the builtin reflection tools of Java.

Have a private field that you need access to? just reflect on it!

Want to get a private method, and run it? just reflect on it!

Note that this is just a demonstration of what you can do with reflection, not what you should do with it. Generally, reflection is useful as a last resort for unit testings and the like, with its real use in loading classes by the JVM

Corresponding Slides

javac *.java

####java GetClass_Ex

This class demonstrate what objects know about themselves and their types

####java Inspect

This class will use reflection to access the private methods and fields of the SuperSecret class

####java Map_Ex

This class creates a map method, that takes a function name, and a list, and maps that function over the list The function name is given as a string, and we use reflection to get that method and invoke it