Checks whether the specified class contains a field matching the specified name.
// $Id: ReflectionHelper.java 16271 2009-04-07 20:20:12Z hardy.ferentschik $
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import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Some reflection utility methods.
*
* @author Hardy Ferentschik
*/
public class ReflectionHelper {
/**
* Checks whether the specified class contains a field matching the specified name.
*
* @param clazz The class to check.
* @param fieldName The field name.
*
* @return Returns <code>true</code> if the cass contains a field for the specified name, <code>
* false</code> otherwise.
*/
public static boolean containsField(Class<?> clazz, String fieldName) {
try {
clazz.getDeclaredField( fieldName );
return true;
}
catch ( NoSuchFieldException e ) {
return false;
}
}
}
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