Proxy Made With Reflect 4 2021
Abstract — Dynamic proxies are a cornerstone of Java frameworks for aspect-oriented programming, lazy loading, and interception. While Java’s built-in java.lang.reflect.Proxy is limited to interface-based proxies, libraries like Reflect ASM (version 4) provide bytecode generation to create proxies for concrete classes. This paper reviews the implementation, performance, and use cases of Reflect ASM 4 as of 2021, comparing it with JDK proxies and CGLIB.
In this ES2021 example, we create a proxy that prevents the setting of negative values for a specific property.
const target = quantity: 10, name: "Widget" ;const handler = // The 'set' trap intercepts property assignment set(target, property, value, receiver) if (property === 'quantity' && typeof value === 'number' && value < 0) throw new Error("Quantity cannot be negative."); // Use Reflect.set to apply the value to the target object return Reflect.set(target, property, value, receiver); ,
// The 'get' trap intercepts property reading get(target, property, receiver) console.log(
Accessing property: $property); return Reflect.get(target, property, receiver); ; proxy made with reflect 4 2021const productProxy = new Proxy(target, handler);
productProxy.quantity = 5; // Success (intercepted, passed to target via Reflect) console.log(productProxy.quantity); // Output: Accessing property: quantity \n 5
productProxy.quantity = -2; // Throws Error: Quantity cannot be negative.Abstract — Dynamic proxies are a cornerstone of
The number "4" in your keyword could mean one of two things:
Here is the canonical "proxy made with reflect 4 (2021)" pattern: The number "4" in your keyword could mean one of two things:
const targetObject = name: "Proxy Example", version: 2021 ;const handler = get(target, prop, receiver) console.log(
GET $String(prop)); return Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver); , set(target, prop, value, receiver) console.log(SET $String(prop) = $value); return Reflect.set(target, prop, value, receiver); , has(target, prop) console.log(Checking existence of $String(prop)); return Reflect.has(target, prop); , deleteProperty(target, prop) console.log(Deleting $String(prop)); return Reflect.deleteProperty(target, prop); ;
const proxyMadeWithReflect = new Proxy(targetObject, handler);
This pattern ensures:
function createValidatedProxy(obj, schema)
return new Proxy(obj,
set(target, prop, value, receiver)
if (schema[prop] && !schema[prop].validate(value))
throw new Error(`Invalid value for $prop`);
return Reflect.set(target, prop, value, receiver);
);