Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2012 Lokesh Jain. * * 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.Method; public class Main { /** * * @param obj * @param property * @return */ public static Object getValue(Object obj, String property) { if (property.equalsIgnoreCase("")) { return obj; } String methodName = "get" + Character.toUpperCase(property.charAt(0)) + property.substring(1); try { if (obj == null) return obj; Method getterMethod = obj.getClass().getMethod(methodName); obj = getterMethod.invoke(obj); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Error getting property value using getter method " + methodName + " of class " + obj.getClass().getName()); } return obj; } }