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A Dirt-ugly Hack to Modify Private Final Fields in Java

02.04.2013
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We all use reflection from time to time. We may even tamper with visibility through Java’s Field.setAccessible() and similar methods. But this post here takes things to the extreme and shows how to modify private (static) final fields in Java. Think twice, when choosing this tool ;-)

http://zarnekow.blogspot.ch/2013/01/java-hacks-changing-final-fields.html

 

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