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?

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

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.