Advanced Java Topics: Java Reflection – Master Class

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Reflection

Lecture 1: Introduction to Java Reflection

Lecture 2: Reflection API Gateway & Wildcards

Lecture 3: Reflection API Gateway in Practice

Lecture 4: Solution – IDE Information Plugin – Class Analysis

Lecture 5: Solution – Reflection, Interfaces and Recurion

Chapter 2: Object Creation and Constructors

Lecture 1: Constructor Discovery & Object Creation

Lecture 2: Restricted Constructor Access

Lecture 3: Restricted Classes Instantiation – Automatic Dependency Injection Implementation

Chapter 3: Inspection of Fields & Arrays

Lecture 1: Introduction To Fields

Lecture 2: Reading Fields – JSON Serializer

Lecture 3: Solution – Object Size Calculator

Lecture 4: Introduction to Arrays

Lecture 5: Reading Arrays – JSON Serializer

Lecture 6: Solution – Reading Arrays

Chapter 4: Field Modification & Arrays Creation

Lecture 1: Setting Field Values – Generic Configuration File Parser

Lecture 2: Array Creation and Initialization

Lecture 3: Solution – Smart Array Concatenation

Chapter 5: Methods Discovery & Invocation

Lecture 1: Introduction to Methods – Discovery & Analysis

Lecture 2: Method Discovery by Name and Parameters

Lecture 3: Method Invocation – Polymorphism Use Case

Lecture 4: Solution – Simple Testing Framework

Chapter 6: Java Modifiers Discovery and Analysis

Lecture 1: Java Modifiers & Reflection

Lecture 2: Solution – Improved JSON Serializer

Chapter 7: Annotations with Java Reflection

Lecture 1: Introduction to Annotations & Meta-Annotations

Lecture 2: Annotation Creation & Discovery. Automatic Class Loading

Lecture 3: Solution – Annotation Discovery

Lecture 4: Reading Annotation Objects & Annotation Elements

Lecture 5: Parameter Annotations & Graph Execution Example

Lecture 6: Field Annotations & Graph Execution

Lecture 7: Repeatable Annotations – Automatic Scheduling

Lecture 8: Solution – Security with Annotations – Part 1

Lecture 9: Solution – Security with Annotations – Part 2

Chapter 8: Dynamic Proxies

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Proxy Design Pattern

Lecture 2: Dynamic Proxy Implementation

Lecture 3: Solution – Caching Dynamic Proxy Implementation

Chapter 9: Final Section – Performance, Safety and Best Practices

Lecture 1: Performance, Safety and Best Practices

Chapter 10: Bonus Material

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture – Keep Learning