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+The JProxies code was originally written by [Bill Burdick](https://github.com/zot). The file history can be seen at these links:
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+- [proxy.jl](https://github.com/JuliaInterop/JavaCall.jl/blob/b86ae187a71fe12deb89ed316c6cd03be9dc562c/src/proxy.jl)
+- [gen.jl](https://github.com/JuliaInterop/JavaCall.jl/blob/b86ae187a71fe12deb89ed316c6cd03be9dc562c/src/gen.jl)