Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2015 Schedo Inc. All rights reserved. * * 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.InvocationTargetException; public class Main { public static <E> E callWithDefault(Object target, String methodName, E defaultValue) { try { //noinspection unchecked return (E) target.getClass().getMethod(methodName, (Class[]) null).invoke(target); } catch (NoSuchMethodException ignored) { } catch (IllegalAccessException ignored) { } catch (InvocationTargetException ignored) { } return defaultValue; } }