How Java Reflection Powers Spring's Dependency Injection
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How Java Reflection Powers Spring's Dependency Injection You write @Autowired. Spring wires everything. Ever wondered how? The answer is Reflection — one of Java's most powerful and misunderstood features. What is Reflection? Normally, Java is a compile-time language — you must know your classes, methods, and fields before the program runs. Reflection breaks that rule. It lets you inspect and manipulate any class at runtime — read its fields, invoke its methods, and