Purvesh Patel created MAPREDUCE-6430: ----------------------------------------
Summary: new method to ReflectionUtils to test if the item is already public Key: MAPREDUCE-6430 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-6430 Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce Issue Type: Improvement Components: mrv2 Affects Versions: 2.5.0 Reporter: Purvesh Patel Priority: Minor Attachments: Patch.pdf It's noticed that it is common practice to call setAccessible on a method whether it is required or not. This patch provides a new method to ReflectionUtils to test if the item is already public and only call setAccessible if it is not public. Please see attached file. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)