Back in my January/February IC column, I wrote about the power of reflection. As most of you probably already know, it's quite a useful tool, especially in middleware where, for better or worse, you're often trying to hide infrastructure from users. Reflection can assist with adaptivity, which is also an important trait for middleware for purposes of reconfiguration and extensibility in important areas like protocols, policies, and qualities of service.
These topics are covered by one of my favorite workshops: The 4th Workshop on
Adaptive and Reflective Middleware. This year it will be held in conjunction with the Middleware 2005 conference in late November in Grenoble, France. This workshop always has a number of good papers and some good discussion, so I encourage you to submit a paper and to attend.