Here you can find the source of setField(Object object, String fieldName, Object value)
static void setField(Object object, String fieldName, Object value)
//package com.java2s; /* ********************************************************************** ** ** Copyright notice ** ** ** ** (c) 2005-2009 RSSOwl Development Team ** ** http://www.rssowl.org/ ** ** ** ** 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.rssowl.org/legal/epl-v10.html ** ** ** ** A copy is found in the file epl-v10.html and important notices to the ** ** license from the team is found in the textfile LICENSE.txt distributed ** ** in this package. ** ** ** ** This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the file! ** ** ** ** Contributors: ** ** RSSOwl Development Team - initial API and implementation ** ** ** ** ********************************************************************** */ import java.lang.reflect.Field; public class Main { static void setField(Object object, String fieldName, Object value) { try {//from ww w . j av a 2 s . c o m Field field = getField(object, fieldName); field.set(object, value); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(e); } } static Field getField(Object object, String fieldName) { Class<?> klass = object.getClass(); while (klass != Object.class) { for (Field field : klass.getDeclaredFields()) { if (field.getName().equals(fieldName)) { field.setAccessible(true); return field; } } klass = klass.getSuperclass(); } throw new IllegalArgumentException( "No field with name: " + fieldName); //$NON-NLS-1$ } }