diff -r fd16c54261b3 -r 90ce3da70b43 jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/package-info.java --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/package-info.java Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 2007 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +/* + * Copyright 1998-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. + * + * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as + * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this + * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided + * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. + * + * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License + * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that + * accompanied this code). + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version + * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, + * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. + * + * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, + * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or + * have any questions. + */ + +/** + * Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective + * information about classes and objects. Reflection allows + * programmatic access to information about the fields, methods and + * constructors of loaded classes, and the use of reflected fields, + * methods, and constructors to operate on their underlying + * counterparts, within security restrictions. + * + *

{@code AccessibleObject} allows suppression of access checks if + * the necessary {@code ReflectPermission} is available. + * + *

{@code Array} provides static methods to dynamically create and + * access arrays. + * + *

Classes in this package, along with {@code java.lang.Class} + * accommodate applications such as debuggers, interpreters, object + * inspectors, class browsers, and services such as Object + * Serialization and JavaBeans that need access to either the public + * members of a target object (based on its runtime class) or the + * members declared by a given class. + * + * @since JDK1.1 + */ +package java.lang.reflect;