Thanks for correcting me. I agree you would need to hang on to the
Method object.
On Jan 24, 5:09 pm, "Steven E. Harris" wrote:
> ".Bill Smith" writes:
> > you can use java.lang.reflect.Method.setAccessible to make an
> > otherwise protected method available for public access.
>
> It looks like
".Bill Smith" writes:
> you can use java.lang.reflect.Method.setAccessible to make an
> otherwise protected method available for public access.
It looks like one would have to hang on to the Method object and reuse
it, as setting one Method instance's accessibility has no influence over
/other/
This is using a sledgehammer to drive in a nail, but you can use
java.lang.reflect.Method.setAccessible (http://java.sun.com/javase/7/
docs/api/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.html#setAccessible
%28boolean%29) to make an otherwise protected method available for
public access. It's a sledgehamme
The documentation for the `proxy' macro mentions lack of access in the
defined implementation to protected members:
,[ proxy ]
| Note that while method fns can be provided to override protected
| methods, they have no other access to protected members, nor to super,
| as these capabilities can
