Sending a java.lang.reflect.Constructor through RMI

Question

Hi all,
java.lang.reflect.Constructor is not serializable and therefore cannot be sent through RMI.
The API documentation for java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject says:
"Setting the accessible flag in a reflected object permits sophisticated applications with sufficient privilege, such as Java Object *Serialization* or other persistence mechanisms, to manipulate objects in a manner that would normally be prohibited."
I cannot fully understand that. Would this help provide a workaround for sending a Constructor throup RMI ? if so, how ?
Thank you

Answer 1

Gen.Java wrote:
Hi all,
java.lang.reflect.Constructor is not serializable and therefore cannot be sent through RMI.It wouldn't make any sense for it to be. I suspect you're imagining some magical scenario that is actually impossible, such as simply sending a constructor to a remote object, and having it somehow instantiate a class it knows nothing about. Whatever it is you're trying to achieve, this isn't the way to do it. So how about you tell us what that is
The API documentation for java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject says:
"Setting the accessible flag in a reflected object permits sophisticated applications with sufficient privilege, such as Java Object *Serialization* or other persistence mechanisms, to manipulate objects in a manner that would normally be prohibited."
I cannot fully understand that. Would this help provide a workaround for sending a Constructor throup RMI ? if so, how ?No. Sending constructors by RMI makes no sense. See above. As is usual in these cases, you've asked a question on some hacky solution to a problem, rather than the problem itself. Let's talk about that: the problem itself. What are you trying to achieve?