Manning Releases Java Reflection in Action, Making Reflection Accessible to the Intermediate Programmer
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Java Reflection in Action
Making Reflection Accessible to the Intermediate Programmer
Greenwich, CT. October 28, 2004 -- Reflection allows an executing program to examine and modify itself. It permits programmers to easily add new requirements with few code changes, resulting in flexible applications and with a longer, more useful life.
Reflection is considered by many to be tricky, best left to sophisticated programmers. "Java Reflection in Action" now makes this inbuilt feature of the Java language accessible to the intermediate programmer. This practical guide starts with the basicconcepts and gradually builds a complete understanding. It contains many small and easily understood examples derived from the authors' on-the-job experiences. "Java Reflection in Action" tackles many common development tasks, in each case demonstrating the best-practice reflective solutions that replace the usual hard-coded ones.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Manning Publications is a publisher of high-quality technology books for software developers and managers. Manning is based in Greenwich, CT. For a review copy, please contact Helen Trimes at hetr@manning.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. Ira Forman is a computer scientist at IBM. He has worked on reflection since the early 1990s when he developed IBM's SOM Metaclass Framework. Nate Forman works for Ticom Geomatics where he uses reflection to solve day-to-day problems. Ira and Nate are father and son. They both live in Austin, Texas.
Java Reflection in Action
by Ira R. Forman and Nate Forman
ISBN 1932394-18-4
Ebook, $22.50
Softbound, 300 pages, $44.95
October 2004