Method.invoke() thread save ?

Hi to you all,
Is the method invoke on the Object Method in the java.lang.reflect package threadsafe ?
Greetz-tbone

I'have created a with a college a ReflectionMap where getter and setter maps to the javabean properties
using reflection at creation time the map cache the methods of the underlaying object
now we want to use it i a multiple thread context
where more than one thread can access the map a time
if the implementation of Method is threadsafe then we do not need synchronisation else
we must synchronize our map.
and sinds that synchronisation is a performence bottleneck i would like to live it out.
Tbone

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