Quine using reflection [closed]

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Would it be possible to write a quine (a program whose output is itself) in Java using the Reflection API to access the quine's code and then print it out? Such a program would still print itself out accurately even when random lines that have no effect on the output are added.

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I don't think so. The reflection api doesn't provide access to the actual source code, but only to class and member definitions.