opinion of class type

[rmacnak]

In your opinion, do you think the primative classes (java.lang.Byte,
Long, Double, etc) and Void are reflective classes or not?

 

[Paul Bilnoski]

In your opinion, do you think the primative classes (java.lang.Byte,

Long, Double, etc) and Void are reflective classes or not?

They're not really "primitive classes", they're wrapper classes to
reference primitive data using object semantics.

I would say they are not reflective, because they are not equivalent,
i.e. they are not simply type aliases as in C#.
Primitive types in Java are primitive simply for performance reasons.
Their wrapper counterparts exist because of the shortcomings of
primitive types in an OO environment.

--Paul

 

[daniel.w.gelder]

In my opinion, you'll never make it to Java 102 if you don't follow the
class on your own. * ZING *

 

[James McGill]

In your opinion, do you think the primative classes (java.lang.Byte,
Long, Double, etc) and Void are reflective classes or not?

Reflection certainly works against objects of this type. What are the
criteria for deciding if a class is "reflective" or not?

 

[Jeffrey Schwab]

In your opinion, do you think the primative classes (java.lang.Byte,
Long, Double, etc) and Void are reflective classes or not?

What are "reflective classes?" What makes a class primitive?

 

[Mike Schilling]

In your opinion, do you think the primative classes (java.lang.Byte,
Long, Double, etc) and Void are reflective classes or not?

No, they're refractive classes.