Inside Java’s Method.invoke: How Reflection Works Under the Hood

This article dissects Java's reflection core by walking through the Method.invoke implementation, the MethodAccessor hierarchy, the inflation mechanism, and the proxy pattern that switches from native to generated accessors after fifteen calls, revealing why reflection can be both fast and slow.

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Inside Java’s Method.invoke: How Reflection Works Under the Hood