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Is using Java reflection to map frontend actions to the actual db methods by name bad practice?
I have used java reflection with a static map to map actions(removeElements, getLatest ...) from the front end to the corresponding database methods by name in multiple web applications now.
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Is it bad programming practice to check if a class referenced by its interface is an instance of another class?
I have a class (Timer) with an array list of Timable objects. Timeable is an interface. There is some specific functionality that I need for the Trigger class (implements Timable), which has a ...
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Is it a bad habit to (over)use reflection?
Is it a good practice to use reflection if greatly reduces the quantity of boilerplate code?
Basically there is a trade-off between performance and maybe readability on one side and abstraction/...
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