reflections

■ The package java.lang.reflect holds the Constructor, Field, and Method classes. java.lang.Object holds the Class class.

■ To find out what’s in a Class:

Class c = Class.forName(classname);

Field[ ] f = c.getDeclaredFields( );

Method[ ] m = c.getDeclaredMethods( );

Class[ ] i = c.getInterfaces( );

Constructor[ ] cn = c. getDeclaredConstructors( );