Java Reflection Field Find findField(Class type, String fieldName)

Description

find Field

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Field findField(Class<?> type, String fieldName) throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w  w  w .j  a v a  2  s .  c om
   Copyright 2013 Philipp Leitner
    
   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.
 */

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class Main {
    public static Field findField(Class<?> type, String fieldName) throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException {

        if (type.equals(Object.class)) {
            return type.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
        }

        // now that's an ugly construct :)
        Field field = null;
        try {
            field = type.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            field = findField(type.getSuperclass(), fieldName);
        }

        return field;

    }
}

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