jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/package-info.java
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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 1998, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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 *
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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 *
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 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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 * accompanied this code).
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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 * questions.
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 */
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/**
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 * Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about
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 * classes and objects.  Reflection allows programmatic access to information
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 * about the fields, methods and constructors of loaded classes, and the use
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 * of reflected fields, methods, and constructors to operate on their underlying
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 * counterparts, within encapsulation and security restrictions.
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 *
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 * <p>{@code AccessibleObject} allows suppression of access checks if
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 * the necessary {@code ReflectPermission} is available.
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 *
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 * <p>{@code Array} provides static methods to dynamically create and
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 * access arrays.
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 * <p>Classes in this package, along with {@code java.lang.Class}
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 * accommodate applications such as debuggers, interpreters, object
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 * inspectors, class browsers, and services such as Object
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 * Serialization and JavaBeans that need access to either the public
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 * members of a target object (based on its runtime class) or the
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 * members declared by a given class.
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 *
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 * @since 1.1
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 * @revised 9
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 * @spec JPMS
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package java.lang.reflect;