Does Java have anything like any of the following
- macros
- a way to iterate over all private fields
- something like smalltalk symbols-ie something for quick comparison of static strings?
note I'm trying to emulate enums for blackckbery (and a little worried about speed for a simple string-> int dictionary ) which I'm fairly sure doesn't have them please try not to include code-just references I would like to code it up myself.
Reflection seems interesting is it that difficult to use simply? can you access field names with it? can you use it with a normal blackbery java program?