diff --git a/xstream-distribution/src/content/changes.html b/xstream-distribution/src/content/changes.html
index 505b286aa..06f3d54e5 100644
--- a/xstream-distribution/src/content/changes.html
+++ b/xstream-distribution/src/content/changes.html
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
 		filter for the appropriate milestone.
 	</p>
 
+	<h1 id="upcoming">Upcoming</h1>
+
+	<p>Not yet released.</p>
+
+	<h2>Major changes</h2>
+
+	<ul>
+		<li>GHPR:#216: Defer reflective access to Java core modules.</li>
+	</ul>
+
 	<h1 id="1.4.12">1.4.12</h1>
 
 	<p>Released April 12, 2020.</p>
diff --git a/xstream-distribution/src/content/team.html b/xstream-distribution/src/content/team.html
index ec2f0c71b..7584305c9 100644
--- a/xstream-distribution/src/content/team.html
+++ b/xstream-distribution/src/content/team.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <html>
 <!--
  Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Joe Walnes.
- Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 XStream committers.
+ Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 XStream committers.
  All rights reserved.
  
  The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ <h2 id="contributors">Contributors</h2>
       <li>Matej Cimbora</li>
       <li>Baptiste Mesta</li>
       <li>Wes Wannemacher</li>
+      <li>Falko Modler</li>
     </ul>
 
     <p>Please direct all correspondence about XStream to the <a href="mailing-lists.html">mailing list</a>
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/PropertiesConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/PropertiesConverter.java
index 0f3c8b4ba..bdc049c1a 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/PropertiesConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/PropertiesConverter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
  */
 public class PropertiesConverter implements Converter {
 
-    private final static Field defaultsField = Fields.locate(Properties.class, Properties.class, false);
     private final boolean sort;
 
     public PropertiesConverter() {
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@ public void marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingC
             writer.addAttribute("value", entry.getValue().toString());
             writer.endNode();
         }
-        if (defaultsField != null) {
-            Properties defaults = (Properties)Fields.read(defaultsField, properties);
+        if (Reflections.defaultsField != null) {
+            Properties defaults = (Properties)Fields.read(Reflections.defaultsField, properties);
             if (defaults != null) {
                 writer.startNode("defaults");
                 marshal(defaults, writer, context);
@@ -102,4 +101,7 @@ public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext co
         }
     }
 
+    private static class Reflections {
+        private final static Field defaultsField = Fields.locate(Properties.class, Properties.class, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeMapConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeMapConverter.java
index c41eae4c3..a49053a4f 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeMapConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeMapConverter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
     }
 
     private final static Comparator NULL_MARKER = new NullComparator();
-    private final static Field comparatorField = Fields.locate(TreeMap.class, Comparator.class, false);
 
     public TreeMapConverter(Mapper mapper) {
         super(mapper, TreeMap.class);
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ protected void marshalComparator(Comparator comparator, HierarchicalStreamWriter
     }
 
     public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context) {
-        TreeMap result = comparatorField != null ? new TreeMap() :  null;
+        TreeMap result = Reflections.comparatorField != null ? new TreeMap() :  null;
         final Comparator comparator = unmarshalComparator(reader, context, result);
         if (result == null) {
             result = comparator == null || comparator == NULL_MARKER ? new TreeMap() : new TreeMap(comparator);
@@ -116,14 +115,14 @@ protected void populateTreeMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingCon
         populateMap(reader, context, result, sortedMap);
         try {
             if (JVM.hasOptimizedTreeMapPutAll()) {
-                if (comparator != null && comparatorField != null) {
-                    comparatorField.set(result, comparator); 
+                if (comparator != null && Reflections.comparatorField != null) {
+                    Reflections.comparatorField.set(result, comparator);
                 }
                 result.putAll(sortedMap); // internal optimization will not call comparator
-            } else if (comparatorField != null) {
-                comparatorField.set(result, sortedMap.comparator());
+            } else if (Reflections.comparatorField != null) {
+                Reflections.comparatorField.set(result, sortedMap.comparator());
                 result.putAll(sortedMap); // "sort" by index
-                comparatorField.set(result, comparator); 
+                Reflections.comparatorField.set(result, comparator);
             } else {
                 result.putAll(sortedMap); // will use comparator for already sorted map
             }
@@ -131,4 +130,8 @@ protected void populateTreeMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingCon
             throw new ObjectAccessException("Cannot set comparator of TreeMap", e);
         }
     }
+
+    private static class Reflections {
+        private final static Field comparatorField = Fields.locate(TreeMap.class, Comparator.class, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeSetConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeSetConverter.java
index 137d8fc41..09e65970c 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeSetConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/collections/TreeSetConverter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -41,40 +41,6 @@
  */
 public class TreeSetConverter extends CollectionConverter {
     private transient TreeMapConverter treeMapConverter;  
-    private final static Field sortedMapField;
-    private final static Object constantValue;
-    static {
-        Object value = null;
-        sortedMapField = JVM.hasOptimizedTreeSetAddAll() ? Fields.locate(TreeSet.class, SortedMap.class, false) : null;
-        if (sortedMapField != null) {
-            TreeSet set = new TreeSet();
-            set.add("1");
-            set.add("2");
-
-            Map backingMap = null;
-            try {
-                backingMap = (Map)sortedMapField.get(set);
-            } catch (final IllegalAccessException e) {
-                // give up;
-            }
-            if (backingMap != null) {
-                Object[] values = backingMap.values().toArray();
-                if (values[0] == values[1]) {
-                    value = values[0];
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            Field valueField = Fields.locate(TreeSet.class, Object.class, true);
-            if (valueField != null) {
-                try {
-                    value = valueField.get(null);
-                } catch (final IllegalAccessException e) {
-                    // give up;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        constantValue = value;
-    }
 
     public TreeSetConverter(Mapper mapper) {
         super(mapper, TreeSet.class);
@@ -93,11 +59,11 @@ public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext co
         Comparator unmarshalledComparator = treeMapConverter.unmarshalComparator(reader, context, null);
         boolean inFirstElement = unmarshalledComparator instanceof Mapper.Null;
         Comparator comparator = inFirstElement ? null : unmarshalledComparator;
-        if (sortedMapField != null) {
+        if (Reflections.sortedMapField != null) {
             TreeSet possibleResult = comparator == null ? new TreeSet() : new TreeSet(comparator);
             Object backingMap = null;
             try {
-                backingMap = sortedMapField.get(possibleResult);
+                backingMap = Reflections.sortedMapField.get(possibleResult);
             } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                 throw new ObjectAccessException("Cannot get backing map of TreeSet", e);
             }
@@ -135,7 +101,10 @@ protected void populateMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                 UnmarshallingContext context, Map map, final Map target) {
                 populateCollection(reader, context, new AbstractList() {
                     public boolean add(Object object) {
-                        return target.put(object, constantValue != null ? constantValue : object) != null;
+                        return target
+                            .put(object, Reflections.constantValue != null
+                                ? Reflections.constantValue
+                                : object) != null;
                     }
 
                     public Object get(int location) {
@@ -156,4 +125,42 @@ protected void putCurrentEntryIntoMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, Unmarshal
         };
         return this;
     }
+
+    private static class Reflections {
+
+        private final static Field sortedMapField;
+        private final static Object constantValue;
+        static {
+            Object value = null;
+            sortedMapField = JVM.hasOptimizedTreeSetAddAll() ? Fields.locate(TreeSet.class, SortedMap.class, false) : null;
+            if (sortedMapField != null) {
+                TreeSet set = new TreeSet();
+                set.add("1");
+                set.add("2");
+
+                Map backingMap = null;
+                try {
+                    backingMap = (Map)sortedMapField.get(set);
+                } catch (final IllegalAccessException e) {
+                    // give up;
+                }
+                if (backingMap != null) {
+                    Object[] values = backingMap.values().toArray();
+                    if (values[0] == values[1]) {
+                        value = values[0];
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                Field valueField = Fields.locate(TreeSet.class, Object.class, true);
+                if (valueField != null) {
+                    try {
+                        value = valueField.get(null);
+                    } catch (final IllegalAccessException e) {
+                        // give up;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            constantValue = value;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumMapConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumMapConverter.java
index aaed8a3b7..296d3ff20 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumMapConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumMapConverter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -37,18 +37,16 @@
  */
 public class EnumMapConverter extends MapConverter {
 
-    private final static Field typeField = Fields.locate(EnumMap.class, Class.class, false);
-
     public EnumMapConverter(Mapper mapper) {
         super(mapper);
     }
 
     public boolean canConvert(Class type) {
-        return typeField != null && type == EnumMap.class;
+        return type == EnumMap.class && Reflections.typeField != null;
     }
 
     public void marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context) {
-        Class type = (Class) Fields.read(typeField, source);
+        Class type = (Class) Fields.read(Reflections.typeField, source);
         String attributeName = mapper().aliasForSystemAttribute("enum-type");
         if (attributeName != null) {
             writer.addAttribute(attributeName, mapper().serializedClass(type));
@@ -67,4 +65,8 @@ public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext co
         populateMap(reader, context, map);
         return map;
     }
+
+    private static class Reflections {
+        private final static Field typeField = Fields.locate(EnumMap.class, Class.class, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumSetConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumSetConverter.java
index 4bde13e11..efc415ff6 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumSetConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/enums/EnumSetConverter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  */
 public class EnumSetConverter implements Converter {
 
-    private final static Field typeField = Fields.locate(EnumSet.class, Class.class, false);
     private final Mapper mapper;
 
     public EnumSetConverter(Mapper mapper) {
@@ -47,12 +46,12 @@ public EnumSetConverter(Mapper mapper) {
     }
 
     public boolean canConvert(Class type) {
-        return typeField != null && type != null && EnumSet.class.isAssignableFrom(type);
+        return type != null && EnumSet.class.isAssignableFrom(type) && Reflections.typeField != null;
     }
 
     public void marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context) {
         EnumSet set = (EnumSet) source;
-        Class enumTypeForSet = (Class) Fields.read(typeField, set);
+        Class enumTypeForSet = (Class) Fields.read(Reflections.typeField, set);
         String attributeName = mapper.aliasForSystemAttribute("enum-type");
         if (attributeName != null) {
             writer.addAttribute(attributeName, mapper.serializedClass(enumTypeForSet));
@@ -93,4 +92,7 @@ public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext co
         return set;
     }
 
+    private static class Reflections {
+        private final static Field typeField = Fields.locate(EnumSet.class, Class.class, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/extended/DynamicProxyConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/extended/DynamicProxyConverter.java
index 94564b158..48d490bf6 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/extended/DynamicProxyConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/extended/DynamicProxyConverter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ public class DynamicProxyConverter implements Converter {
 
     private ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference;
     private Mapper mapper;
-    private static final Field HANDLER = Fields.locate(Proxy.class, InvocationHandler.class, false);
-    private static final InvocationHandler DUMMY = new InvocationHandler() {
-        public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
-            return null;
-        }
-    };
 
     /**
      * @deprecated As of 1.4.5 use {@link #DynamicProxyConverter(Mapper, ClassLoaderReference)}
@@ -121,16 +115,26 @@ public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext co
         Class[] interfacesAsArray = new Class[interfaces.size()];
         interfaces.toArray(interfacesAsArray);
         Object proxy = null;
-        if (HANDLER != null) { // we will not be able to resolve references to the proxy
-            proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(classLoaderReference.getReference(), interfacesAsArray, DUMMY);
+        if (Reflections.HANDLER != null) { // we will not be able to resolve references to the proxy
+            proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(classLoaderReference.getReference(), interfacesAsArray, Reflections.DUMMY);
         }
         handler = (InvocationHandler) context.convertAnother(proxy, handlerType);
         reader.moveUp();
-        if (HANDLER != null) {
-            Fields.write(HANDLER, proxy, handler);
+        if (Reflections.HANDLER != null) {
+            Fields.write(Reflections.HANDLER, proxy, handler);
         } else {
             proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(classLoaderReference.getReference(), interfacesAsArray, handler);
         }
         return proxy;
     }
+
+    private static class Reflections {
+
+        private static final Field HANDLER = Fields.locate(Proxy.class, InvocationHandler.class, false);
+        private static final InvocationHandler DUMMY = new InvocationHandler() {
+            public Object invoke(final Object proxy, final Method method, final Object[] args) throws Throwable {
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/reflection/AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter.java b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/reflection/AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter.java
index 67116d4cf..c94430e5f 100644
--- a/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/reflection/AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter.java
+++ b/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/reflection/AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2007, 2013, 2016 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007, 2013, 2016, 2020 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -34,26 +35,9 @@
 public class AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter extends
     AbstractSingleValueConverter {
 
-    private static final Map instanceMaps = new HashMap();
-    private static final Method getName;
-    static {
-        Method method = null;
-        try {
-            method = AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.class.getDeclaredMethod(
-                "getName", (Class[])null);
-            if (!method.isAccessible()) {
-                method.setAccessible(true);
-            }
-        } catch (SecurityException e) {
-            // ignore for now
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-            // ignore for now
-        }
-        getName = method;
-    }
+    private static final Map instanceMaps = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap());
 
     private final Class type;
-    private transient Map attributeMap;
 
     public AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter(final Class type) {
         super();
@@ -62,11 +46,10 @@ public AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter(final Class type) {
                 + " is not a " + AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.class.getName());
         }
         this.type = type;
-        readResolve();
     }
 
     public boolean canConvert(final Class type) {
-        return type == this.type && !attributeMap.isEmpty();
+        return type == this.type && !getAttributeMap().isEmpty();
     }
 
     public String toString(final Object source) {
@@ -75,9 +58,9 @@ public String toString(final Object source) {
 
     private String getName(AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute attribute) {
         Exception ex = null;
-        if (getName != null) {
+        if (Reflections.getName != null) {
             try {
-                return (String)getName.invoke(attribute, (Object[])null);
+                return (String)Reflections.getName.invoke(attribute, (Object[])null);
             } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                 ex = e;
             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
@@ -95,8 +78,9 @@ private String getName(AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute attribute) {
     }
 
     public Object fromString(final String str) {
-        if (attributeMap.containsKey(str)) {
-            return attributeMap.get(str);
+        Object attr = getAttributeMap().get(str);
+        if (attr != null) {
+            return attr;
         }
         ConversionException exception = new ConversionException("Cannot find attribute");
         exception.add("attribute-type", type.getName());
@@ -104,48 +88,72 @@ public Object fromString(final String str) {
         throw exception;
     }
 
-    private Object readResolve() {
-        attributeMap = (Map)instanceMaps.get(type.getName());
+    private Map getAttributeMap() {
+        Map attributeMap = (Map)instanceMaps.get(type.getName());
         if (attributeMap == null) {
-            attributeMap = new HashMap();
-            Field instanceMap = Fields.locate(type, Map.class, true);
-            if (instanceMap != null) {
-                try {
-                    Map map = (Map)Fields.read(instanceMap, null);
-                    if (map != null) {
-                        boolean valid = true;
-                        for (Iterator iter = map.entrySet().iterator(); valid && iter.hasNext(); ) {
-                            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)iter.next(); 
-                            valid = entry.getKey().getClass() == String.class && entry.getValue().getClass() == type;
-                        }
-                        if (valid) {
-                            attributeMap.putAll(map);
-                        }
+            attributeMap = buildAttributeMap();
+            instanceMaps.put(type.getName(), attributeMap);
+        }
+        return attributeMap;
+    }
+
+    private Map buildAttributeMap() {
+        final Map attributeMap = new HashMap();
+        final Field instanceMap = Fields.locate(type, Map.class, true);
+        if (instanceMap != null) {
+            try {
+                Map map = (Map)Fields.read(instanceMap, null);
+                if (map != null) {
+                    boolean valid = true;
+                    for (Iterator iter = map.entrySet().iterator(); valid && iter.hasNext(); ) {
+                        Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)iter.next();
+                        valid = entry.getKey().getClass() == String.class && entry.getValue().getClass() == type;
+                    }
+                    if (valid) {
+                        attributeMap.putAll(map);
                     }
-                } catch (ObjectAccessException e) {
                 }
+            } catch (ObjectAccessException e) {
             }
-            if (attributeMap.isEmpty()) {
-                try {
-                    Field[] fields = type.getDeclaredFields();
-                    for(int i = 0; i < fields.length; ++i) {
-                        if(fields[i].getType() == type == Modifier.isStatic(fields[i].getModifiers())) {
-                            AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute attribute =
-                                    (AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute)Fields.read(fields[i], null);
-                            attributeMap.put(toString(attribute), attribute);
-                        }
+        }
+        if (attributeMap.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                Field[] fields = type.getDeclaredFields();
+                for(int i = 0; i < fields.length; ++i) {
+                    if(fields[i].getType() == type == Modifier.isStatic(fields[i].getModifiers())) {
+                        AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute attribute =
+                                (AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute)Fields.read(fields[i], null);
+                        attributeMap.put(toString(attribute), attribute);
                     }
-                } catch (SecurityException e) {
-                    attributeMap.clear();
-                } catch (ObjectAccessException e) {
-                    attributeMap.clear();
-                } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
-                    attributeMap.clear();
                 }
+            } catch (SecurityException e) {
+                attributeMap.clear();
+            } catch (ObjectAccessException e) {
+                attributeMap.clear();
+            } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+                attributeMap.clear();
             }
-            instanceMaps.put(type.getName(), attributeMap);
         }
-        return this;
+        return attributeMap;
     }
 
+    private static class Reflections {
+
+        private static final Method getName;
+        static {
+            Method method = null;
+            try {
+                method = AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.class.getDeclaredMethod(
+                    "getName", (Class[])null);
+                if (!method.isAccessible()) {
+                    method.setAccessible(true);
+                }
+            } catch (SecurityException e) {
+                // ignore for now
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                // ignore for now
+            }
+            getName = method;
+        }
+    }
 }
