Here you can find the source of findField(Object object, String name, Class
private static <T> Field findField(Object object, String name, Class<T> klass) throws NoSuchFieldException
//package com.java2s; /* /* ww w . j av a 2 s .c om*/ * This file is part of CxALite * * CxALite is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * CxALite is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with Foobar. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * (c) 2009, University of Geneva (Jean-Luc Falcone), jean-luc.falcone@unige.ch * */ import java.lang.reflect.Field; public class Main { private static <T> Field findField(Object object, String name, Class<T> klass) throws NoSuchFieldException { Field f = object.getClass().getDeclaredField(name); f.setAccessible(true); if (f.getType() == klass) { return f; } else { return null; } } }