Here you can find the source of invoke(String property, Object main)
private static Object invoke(String property, Object main)
//package com.java2s; /* //from w w w .j a va 2 s. co m * Copyright (C) 2014 GG-Net GmbH - Oliver G?nther * * This program 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. * * This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; import java.lang.reflect.Method; public class Main { private static Object invoke(String property, Object main) { Method m; try { try { m = main.getClass() .getMethod("get" + property.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + property.substring(1)); } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) { try { // Trying "is" in the case of booleans m = main.getClass() .getMethod("is" + property.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + property.substring(1)); } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException ex1) { throw new RuntimeException("Exeption during invoke().getMethod()", ex1); } } m.setAccessible(true); return m.invoke(main); } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | SecurityException ex) { throw new RuntimeException("Exeption during invoke()", ex); } } }