Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.lang.reflect.Array; import java.lang.reflect.Field; public class Main { /** * Replace the value of a field containing a non null array, by a new array containing the elements of the original * array plus the elements of extraElements. * * @param instance the instance whose field is to be modified. * @param fieldName the field to modify. * @param extraElements elements to append at the end of the array. */ static void expandFieldArray(Object instance, String fieldName, Object[] extraElements) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException { Field jlrField = findField(instance, fieldName); Object[] original = (Object[]) jlrField.get(instance); Object[] combined = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(original.getClass().getComponentType(), original.length + extraElements.length); System.arraycopy(extraElements, 0, combined, 0, extraElements.length); System.arraycopy(original, 0, combined, extraElements.length, original.length); jlrField.set(instance, combined); } /** * Locates a given field anywhere in the class inheritance hierarchy. * * @param instance an object to search the field into. * @param name field name * @return a field object * @throws NoSuchFieldException if the field cannot be located */ static Field findField(Object instance, String name) throws NoSuchFieldException { for (Class<?> clazz = instance.getClass(); clazz != null; clazz = clazz.getSuperclass()) { try { Field field = clazz.getDeclaredField(name); if (!field.isAccessible()) { field.setAccessible(true); } return field; } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) { // ignore and search next } } throw new NoSuchFieldException("Field " + name + " not found in " + instance.getClass()); } }