Re: Needs help in editing
On Jul 22, 3:13 pm, Arne Vajh=F8j <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
On 6/26/2011 1:30 PM, Lew wrote:
A=E9ris wrote:
lewbloch a =E9crit :
Reflection is an elephant gun for
shooting fleas; simple polymorphism suffices in most cases.
I totally aggree.
But with this (craps) code and because constructors with different
prototype, reflection is unavoidable?
Reflection is mostly avoidable. A little light use of
'Class#newInstance()' with package-private builders called by a factory
method isn't very risky and avoids the typical mad craziness of looking
up 'Method' or 'Constructor' instances. If you're going down that latte=
r
route, leave programming to those better equipped for it.
If you think heavy use of reflection will fix crappy code, boy are you
ever wrong. Shit piled on top of shit only smells worse.
It depends a little bit about what you are doing.
I would not want to implement a Java EE 6 server without being
allowed to use reflection.
Even some business code can use some reflection even though in
most cases it is better to hide the reflection via some DI
framework.
Reflection is a very useful tool and a very powerful tool. One
should just limit its use to where it is necesarry.
A B-52 bomber is also pretty powerful if you want to engage in a war.
It is not the correct tool for getting rid of the mosquitos in the
house.
That's why I referred to "heavy use" of reflection and in the context
of crappy code. I completely agree that reflection is useful when
needed, but whether you say "B-52 for mosquitoes" or "elephant gun for
fleas" , the message is the same. Thanks for endorsing my point.
--
Lew
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