ECO-CMP-JAVA-004 — Reflection in hot path¶

Category: Computation (CMP)
Family: Java (JAVA)
Layer: Code
Tier: 1
Severity: note
Tags: java, cpu
Legacy ID: ECO-JAVA-004

Summary¶

Reflection adds overhead and can inflate latency and CPU usage.

Reflection is flexible, but expensive in tight loops.

{
  "confidence": 0.6,
  "notes": "Context-dependent.",
  "type": "cpu"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "java"
  ],
  "method": "ast"
}

{
  "guidance": "Avoid reflection in hot paths; precompute accessors.",
  "tradeoffs": "Reduced dynamism."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "code"
  ]
}