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package net.projectmonkey.spring.acl.util.reflect; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationServiceException; import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils; /* Copyright 2012 Andy Moody 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. */ public class FieldUtil { public static Object getFieldValue(final Object domainObject, final String fieldName) { Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(domainObject.getClass(), fieldName); field.setAccessible(true); try { return field.get(domainObject); } catch (Exception e) { throw new AuthenticationServiceException("Exception retrieving field " + fieldName, e); } } }