Java features

Question

Does Java have something like any of the following

• macros
• way to iterate over all private fields
• something like smalltalk characters - that is, for quick comparison of static strings?

note I am trying to emulate the enumerations for blackckbery (and a little worried about speed for a simple dictionary string-> int), which I am sure does not have them please try not to include links only to the code, I would like to encode it myself.

Reflection seems interesting, is it difficult to use? can you access these names? can you use it with regular java blackbery program?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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