7.2.8 - Use Cases of Annotations and Reflection
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What is an Annotation?
💡 Hint: Think about how it relates to configuring or optimizing the code.
What does the Reflection API allow you to do?
💡 Hint: Consider activities developers might want to perform during the execution of a program.
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What are Annotations used for?
💡 Hint: Consider their role in modern software frameworks.
True or False: Reflection can access private members of a class.
💡 Hint: Remember the power of Reflection and its implications on encapsulation.
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Write a Java program that defines a custom annotation and uses Reflection to read its value from a method.
💡 Hint: Ensure to define your annotation with appropriate retention policy and target.
Explain a scenario where using the Reflection API might cause performance bottlenecks in a large application.
💡 Hint: Consider where Reflection is used heavily—like in iterative operations.
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