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Reflective programming

In computer science, reflective programming or reflection is the ability of a process to examine, introspect, and modify its own structure and behavior.

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Reflective programming → List, Programming, Self-modifying

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reflection runtime java code languages reflective programming methods object using used example also objective-c program execution security common lisp pascal

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ALGOLinstance ofAs the bulk of programming moved to higher-level compiled languages0.80text
COBOLinstance ofAs the bulk of programming moved to higher-level compiled languages0.80text
Fortraninstance ofAs the bulk of programming moved to higher-level compiled languages0.80text
Pascalinstance ofAs the bulk of programming moved to higher-level compiled languages0.80text
and Cinstance ofAs the bulk of programming moved to higher-level compiled languages0.80text
this reflective ability largely disappeared until new programming languages with reflection built into their type systems appearedinstance ofAs the bulk of programming moved to higher-level compiled languages0.80text
Java to operate well in networks by enabling libraries for serializationinstance ofit assists languages0.80text
bundlinginstance ofit assists languages0.80text
varying data formatsinstance ofit assists languages0.80text
C are required to use auxiliary compilers for tasks like Abstract Syntax Notationinstance ofLanguages without reflection0.80text
Javainstance ofThis is typically accomplished by dynamically assigning program code at runtime.In object-oriented programming languages0.80text
reflection allows inspection of classesinstance ofThis is typically accomplished by dynamically assigning program code at runtime.In object-oriented programming languages0.80text

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