How does one handle a java method which returns a non-public sub-type via reflection?

[jeffrey kutcher]

 There's nothing in the JLS by that name however, section 4.5 Parameterized Types, might be close to what I'm looking for.
Even in a single inheritance system, resolving methods and types is a multi-dimensional process.
I still say that by not allowing private inner classes, resolving this issue would be much easier (or providing the access methods in the parent class of the private internal class would work also ... calling getChildren() really is a dependency on the underlying classes implementation which I really don't understand why is declared private and not accessible. There has to be a good reason otherwise it should be changed or eliminated [get rid of inner classes]).
    On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 7:21:32 AM CST, dalibor topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com> wrote:  
 
 

On 16.01.2018 14:08, jeffrey kutcher wrote> Is there official 
documentation explaining the method resolution process somewhere?
I'd suggest taking a look at the Java Language specification and JVM 
specification for details.

cheers,
dalibor topic
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