# Java Reflection API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/java/java-reflection-api/  
**Provider:** Java — https://apis.io/providers/java/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/reflect/package-summary.html

Java Reflection API is one of 9 APIs that [Java](https://apis.io/providers/java/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Introspection, Metadata, and Reflection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Examine and modify the runtime behavior of applications by inspecting classes, methods, fields, and annotations.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/reflect/package-summary.html

## Other Java APIs (8)

- [Java Core API](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-core-api/)
- [Java Collections Framework](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-collections-framework/)
- [Java I/O API](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-io-api/)
- [Java NIO API](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-nio-api/)
- [Java Networking API](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-networking-api/)
- [Java Concurrency API](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-concurrency-api/)
- [Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)](https://apis.io/apis/java/jdbc-api/)
- [Java Stream API](https://apis.io/apis/java/java-stream-api/)

## Tags

Introspection, Metadata, Reflection

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