Title: Great introduction, flimsy second part
Product review: First of all: this is a GREAT INTRODUCTION to Reflection, definite MUST READ for any Java developer who did not use Reflection before.Overall: I would recommend buying after I've read the book.Now, a less glorious side... This book is OLD. It is based on Java 1.4 and Java 5 was only in works when it was published, so annotations and generics are not really covered: they are mentioned as "well... let's wait until it gets finalized and then Reflection would be likely expanded to cover these topics"...The second part of the book (starting from "code generation") is perceived by me as a collection on hacks which authors put into this book just to make up the volume...Anyway: book is definitely worth reading :)
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