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/* Copyright 2012-2013 SpringSource. * * 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. */ package grails.plugin.cache.util; import grails.util.GrailsNameUtils; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils; /** * @author Jeff Brown */ public class ClassUtils { /** * This method will try to retrieve the value of the named property from the * object using a corresponding getter method. If no getter method is found * then this method will look for the corresponding field and return its value. * * @param object object to inspect * @param propertyOrFieldName the name of the field or property to retrieve * @return the value of the field or property, null if neither is found */ public static Object getPropertyOrFieldValue(Object object, String propertyOrFieldName) { final String getterName = GrailsNameUtils.getGetterName(propertyOrFieldName); final Class<? extends Object> objectClass = object.getClass(); try { final Method method = objectClass.getMethod(getterName, new Class[0]); if (method != null) { ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(method); return method.invoke(object, new Object[0]); } } catch (Exception e) { } try { final Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(objectClass, propertyOrFieldName); if (field != null) { ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field); return field.get(object); } } catch (Exception e) { } return null; } }