Get field value with Reflection

Object get(Object obj): Returns field value
boolean getBoolean(Object obj): Gets field value as boolean.
byte getByte(Object obj): Gets field value as byte.
char getChar(Object obj): Gets field value as char.
double getDouble(Object obj): Gets field value as double.
float getFloat(Object obj): Gets field value as float.
Type getGenericType(): Returns a Type object that represents the declared type for the field represented by this Field object.
int getInt(Object obj): Gets field value as int.
long getLong(Object obj): Gets field value as long.
short getShort(Object obj): Gets field value as short.


import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Rectangle r = new Rectangle(100, 325);
    Class c = r.getClass();
    try {
      Field heightField = c.getField("height");
      Integer heightValue = (Integer) heightField.get(r);
      System.out.println("Height: " + heightValue.toString());
    } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }
}

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