FindField.java Source code

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/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
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import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Calendar;

/** This class shows using Reflection to get a field from another class. */
public class FindField {

    public static void main(String[] unused) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {

        // Create instance of FindField
        FindField gf = new FindField();

        // Create instance of target class (YearHolder defined below).
        Object o = new YearHolder();

        // Use gf to extract a field from o.
        System.out.println("The value of 'currentYear' is: " + gf.intFieldValue(o, "currentYear"));
    }

    int intFieldValue(Object o, String name) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
        Class c = o.getClass();
        Field fld = c.getField(name);
        int value = fld.getInt(o);
        return value;
    }
}

/** This is just a class that we want to get a field from */

class YearHolder {
    /** Just a field that is used to show getting a field's value. */
    public int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
}