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

Description

Finds the first (from the bottom of the inheritance hierarchy) field with the specified name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
cls	java.lang.Class
name	String

Return

Field

Declaration

public static Field findField(Class cls, String name) throws NoSuchFieldException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class Main {
    /**/*  ww w.  j a  v a2s . c o m*/
     * Finds the first (from the bottom of the inheritance hierarchy) field with
     * the specified name. Note that Class.getField returns only public fields.
     * 
     * @return Field
     * @param cls
     *            java.lang.Class
     * @param name
     *            String
     */
    //start extract findField
    public static Field findField(Class cls, String name) throws NoSuchFieldException {
        if (cls != null) {
            try {
                return cls.getDeclaredField(name);
            } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
                return findField(cls.getSuperclass(), name);
            }
        } else {
            throw new NoSuchFieldException();
        }
    }
}

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