Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2015 Annie Hui @ RStar Technology Solutions * * 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 <T> T getPrivateConstantField(Class<?> outerClass, String innerClassName, String fieldname, Class<T> returnType) throws Exception { // Get all inner classes Class<?> innerClasses[] = outerClass.getDeclaredClasses(); // find the inner class that matches the order Class<?> innerClass = null; for (int index = 0; index < innerClasses.length; index++) { if (innerClassName.equals(innerClasses[index].getSimpleName())) { innerClass = innerClasses[index]; } } T returnValue = null; if (innerClass != null) { Field field; field = innerClass.getDeclaredField(fieldname); field.setAccessible(true); returnValue = (T) field.get(innerClass); } return returnValue; } }