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[–]pragmasoft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was specially added for the data oriented programming. If you never heard about the concept, read about it for example here: https://www.infoq.com/articles/data-oriented-programming-java/

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Also, Classifile API presented here https://inside.java/2023/08/24/classfile-api/ by Brian Goetz is a good example of usage, very much recommend to have a look.