PROPOSAL: Method and Field Literals

Joe Darcy Joe.Darcy at Sun.COM
Tue Mar 24 15:17:44 PDT 2009


Hello.

Jesse Wilson wrote:
> Rich text (preferred) here:
> http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dhfm3hw2_62dxg677jn
> 
> Proposal: Method and Field Literals
> 
> AUTHOR(S):
> Jesse Wilson
> 
> OVERVIEW
> 
> FEATURE SUMMARY:
> Add syntax for method and field literals. Enables compile-time
> checking of member references and avoids an impossible checked
> exception.

While this proposal would certainly address a pain-point when using 
reflective frameworks, I don't think it would directly benefit the 
masses of Java programmers.

Regards,

-Joe



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