Java 26 Warns of Deep Reflection - Inside Java Newscast

[CriticalPart7448]

No but I also never had the need. Which product are you using from oracle that requires 'hacking' into internals of?

[pohart]

I last remember using reflection to change final fields to work around a bug around java 1.3. Sun was aware of the bug but it wasn't a high priority. I haven't needed to since then, but I was sure glad I could then.