# Reflection in Elixir

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** learning-elixir, dynamic, reflection\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/reflection-in-elixir/32950 "2020-07-09T15:19:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/reflection-in-elixir/32950/6 "2020-07-09T15:53:17Z")

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The closest thing I think of to Java reflection is the ` __info__ /1` ([Module — Elixir v1.8.1](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.8.1/Module.html#c: __info__ /1)) function defined on each module. It lets you find out what function/arity are exported by each module, plus other metadata.

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