Java tutorial
package net.eusashead.hateoas.header.impl; /* * #[license] * spring-responseentitybuilder * %% * Copyright (C) 2013 Eusa's Head * %% * 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. * %[license] */ import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConvertUtils; import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils; public class PropertyUtil { public static Object getValue(Object target, String name) { PropertyDescriptor property = BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptor(target.getClass(), name); try { return property.getReadMethod().invoke(target); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException("Unable to get value for target " + target.getClass()); } } public static <V> V getValue(Object target, String name, Class<V> type) { return type.cast(ConvertUtils.convert(getValue(target, name), type)); } }