Java Reflection Field Find findField(Class clazz, String name)

Description

searches for declared field in given class and all superclasses

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
clazz	a parameter
name	a parameter

Return

or null

Declaration

public static Field findField(Class<?> clazz, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2014 Xored Software Inc and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors://from w  w  w.ja va  2  s.com
 *     Xored Software Inc - initial API and implementation and/or initial documentation
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class Main {
    /**
     * searches for declared field in given class and all superclasses
     * 
     * @param clazz
     * @param name
     * @return {@link Field} or <code>null</code>
     */
    public static Field findField(Class<?> clazz, String name) {
        if (clazz == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return clazz.getDeclaredField(name);
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            return null;
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            return findField(clazz.getSuperclass(), name);
        }
    }
}

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