Message4155

I'm working on using the Java library Restlet with Jython (going well,
plan to write an article about it soon) and I'm encountering this problem:

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from org.restlet.resource import Resource

class my_resource(Resource):
    def __init__(self):
        Resource.__init__(self)
        # By default, modifiable is False. Let's set it to True.
        self.setModifiable(True)

# Prints True as one would expect
print my_resource().isModifiable()

# Create an instance using Java reflection
obj = my_resource.getClass(my_resource).getConstructor(my_resource,
None).newInstance(None)

# Prints False, which means that when one uses Java reflection, the
Jython subclass' constructor isn't properly called, or something
print obj.isModifiable()
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result:
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True
False
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This is a showstopper for me, because Restlet internally uses reflection
all over the place.

Other than this issue, the project is going well. I look forward to
verification that my observation about this behaviour is correct!