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Java reference counting has been converted to use JNI
PushLocalFrame/PopLocalFrame. Several resource leaks
were removed.

java.lang.Class<>.forName() will now return the java.lang.Class.
Work arounds for requiring the class loader are no longer needed.
Customizers now support customization of static members.

Support of java.lang.Class<>

java.lang.Object().getClass() on Java objects returns a java.lang.Class
rather than the Python class

java.lang.Object().class on Java objects returns the python class
as do all python objects

java.lang.Object.class_ maps to the java statement 'java.lang.Object.class' and
returns the java.lang.Class<java.lang.object>

java.lang.Class supports reflection methods

private fields and methods can be accessed via reflection

annotations are avaiable via reflection

Java objects and arrays will not accept setattr unless the
attribute corresponds to a java method or field whith
the exception of private attributes that begin with
underscore.

Added support for automatic conversion of boxed types.

Boxed types automatically convert to python primitives.

Boxed types automatically convert to java primitives when resolving functions.

Functions taking boxed or primitives still resolve based on closest match.

Python integer primitives will implicitly match java float and double as per
Java specification.

Added support for try with resources for java.lang.Closeable.
Use python "with MyJavaResource() as resource:" statement
to automatically close a resource at the end of a block.