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Check and Reduce uses of Internal APIs and Reflection

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Description

We should Check and Reduce uses of Internal APIs e.g. in JDT and others.
Same for the use of reflective api e.g. in JavaBuildState
Discuss with the JDT guys what can be done better or if for certain stuff apis could be introduced.

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Research direction

Start by inventorying the internal API and reflective API uses mentioned in JDT and JavaBuildState. Discuss the findings with the JDT team; done means reducing those uses where possible or agreeing on new APIs for cases that need them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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