Java Questions and Concerns

[MatthewC529]

Originally Posted by irvingc

In other words, your described scenario is valid provided you make the library available to the general public prior to kickoff.

Perfect, I am all for Open Source.

And I am to some degree looking for speculation. I have heard from several sources, including previous posts in this forums that "we will have Java 7" next year, to paraphrase.

My question relating to Reflection could apply to any case where you alter internal variables. With Reflection you could even modify Private Variables as long as you have the source code available to name the Field, Method, Constructor or so on. I think it would be useful for publicly available libraries especially BUT its ability to modify variables and parameters otherwise invisible makes it a risky feature to allow. Even if you are only allowing access to the Reflection API.

To make it factually substantial sources could be stated or provided but I think to some degree news relating to the future of programming in the FRC is not disseminated enough.