Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2011 Torsten Rmer * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.lang.reflect.Field; public class Main { public static void waitForStaticFieldNull(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") final Class clazz, final String name, final long timeout) throws Exception { long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); while (!(getStaticFieldValue(clazz, name) == null)) { Thread.sleep(50); long now = System.currentTimeMillis(); if (now - start > timeout) { throw new InterruptedException( String.format("Timeout exceeded while waiting for field %s to become null", name)); } } } public static Object getStaticFieldValue(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") final Class clazz, final String name) throws Exception { Field field = clazz.getDeclaredField(name); field.setAccessible(true); return field.get(null); } }