Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Get a list of the name of variables of the class received * @param klass Class to get the variable names * @return List<String>[] of length 3 with variable names: [0]: primitives, [1]: arrays, [2]: objects */ public static List<String>[] getVariableNames(Class klass) { //array to return List<String>[] varNames = new List[3]; for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { varNames[i] = new ArrayList<>(); } //add all valid fields do { Field[] fields = klass.getDeclaredFields(); for (Field field : fields) { if (!Modifier.isTransient(field.getModifiers())) { //get the type Class type = field.getType(); if (type.isPrimitive() || (type == Integer.class) || (type == Float.class) || (type == Double.class) || (type == Boolean.class) || (type == String.class)) { varNames[0].add(field.getName()); } else if (type.isArray()) { varNames[1].add(field.getName()); } else { varNames[2].add(field.getName()); } } } klass = klass.getSuperclass(); } while (klass != null); //return array return varNames; } }