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/* * Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited * * 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 * * https://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 org.springframework.security.util; import org.springframework.util.Assert; import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils; import org.springframework.util.StringUtils; import java.lang.reflect.Field; /** * Offers static methods for directly manipulating fields. * * @author Ben Alex */ public final class FieldUtils { // ~ Methods // ======================================================================================================== /** * Attempts to locate the specified field on the class. * * @param clazz the class definition containing the field * @param fieldName the name of the field to locate * * @return the Field (never null) * * @throws IllegalStateException if field could not be found */ public static Field getField(Class<?> clazz, String fieldName) throws IllegalStateException { Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class required"); Assert.hasText(fieldName, "Field name required"); try { return clazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName); } catch (NoSuchFieldException nsf) { // Try superclass if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) { return getField(clazz.getSuperclass(), fieldName); } throw new IllegalStateException("Could not locate field '" + fieldName + "' on class " + clazz); } } /** * Returns the value of a (nested) field on a bean. Intended for testing. * @param bean the object * @param fieldName the field name, with "." separating nested properties * @return the value of the nested field */ public static Object getFieldValue(Object bean, String fieldName) throws IllegalAccessException { Assert.notNull(bean, "Bean cannot be null"); Assert.hasText(fieldName, "Field name required"); String[] nestedFields = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(fieldName, "."); Class<?> componentClass = bean.getClass(); Object value = bean; for (String nestedField : nestedFields) { Field field = getField(componentClass, nestedField); field.setAccessible(true); value = field.get(value); if (value != null) { componentClass = value.getClass(); } } return value; } public static Object getProtectedFieldValue(String protectedField, Object object) { Field field = FieldUtils.getField(object.getClass(), protectedField); try { field.setAccessible(true); return field.get(object); } catch (Exception ex) { ReflectionUtils.handleReflectionException(ex); return null; // unreachable - previous line throws exception } } public static void setProtectedFieldValue(String protectedField, Object object, Object newValue) { Field field = FieldUtils.getField(object.getClass(), protectedField); try { field.setAccessible(true); field.set(object, newValue); } catch (Exception ex) { ReflectionUtils.handleReflectionException(ex); } } }