Forge Obfuscation

[bradleyshrader]

Hey, I just started my first mod about two weeks ago, and I think I have another three weeks of work before I'm ready for an alpha release. Anyway, I see this in the console every time I run my client:

 

2013-08-03 23:52:13 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Managed to load a deobfuscated Minecraft name- we are in a deobfuscated environment. Skipping runtime deobfuscation

 

I am aware that this isn't an error of any sort, and I am aware of what obfuscation means, so please have a little faith in me.

 

My question is does Forge do runtime deobfuscation? It matters to my mod, because I am doing some reflection, and I really don't want to compile my mod right now to test if it throws any exceptions. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/package-summary.html (In case anyone doesn't know what reflection is)

 

I am aware that Access Transformers do even more than this, but they are a lot more work for me to learn about, and I would like to push the release as soon as possible since I go back to school next week. (Yes I intend to deploy Access Transformers later as part of a source clean-up)

 

Also, in case anyone is too curious why I need reflection, I am creating a flower pot interface for my mod (eventually doing an API) to add new flowers to the flower pot renderer, and reflection is the easiest way I know to strip the final modifier from the field in Block.

 

In summary, can I reference the non-obfuscated names in my code without worrying about major bugs and crashes?

[Alix_The_Alicorn]

Yes you can reference non obfuscated names. I'm pretty sure at least. Forge is made to make nodders lives easier.

[bradleyshrader]

Thank you for the response, I figured when it specifically mentioned skipping the deobfuscation that it did. I just wanted to hear it from someone with a bit more experience with the API.