RE: [cp-patches] RFC: Reflection refactoring

[Jeroen Frijters]

Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> > I would like to add an indirection layer to reflection (attached is
> > java.lang.reflect.Field, but I also want to do this for Method and
> > Constructor). By doing this, we can start caching these 
> objects in Class
> > and have a Classpath common reflection caching mechanism.
> 
> Aren't these mutable objects though?

java.lang.reflect.Field is mutable, that's why I introduced VMField, it
contains the immutable "guts" of the field, and Field is simply a very
thin wrapper around it.

Regards,
Jeroen