https://www.bradcypert.com/tags/metaprogramming/ Recent content in Metaprogramming on BradCypert.com Hugo en-us Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:25:45 -0500 https://www.bradcypert.com/intro-to-reflection-in-java/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bradcypert.com/intro-to-reflection-in-java/ <p>Recently, I began exploring an interesting idea I had – creating a RESTful framework built on top of Spark. Now, Spark is naturally restful, but I basically want the user to be able to define an object, flag it as a resource, and compile their code. They should then have <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, <code>PUT</code>, and <code>DELETE</code> verbs available on that object. Sounds relatively trivial right?</p> <p>There are actually several ways to do this, but the simplest way (once I was able to wrap my head around it) involves metaprogramming, and specifically reflection. These can be naturally scary words, but it’s important to keep in mind, they’re both just programming.</p>