Here you can find the source of extractConstant(String typeName)
private static Integer extractConstant(String typeName) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w .j a v a 2 s.com*/ * Copyright 2014-2015 Victor Osolovskiy, Sergey Navrotskiy * * 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.sql.Types; public class Main { private static Integer extractConstant(String typeName) throws Exception { int lastDotPos = typeName.lastIndexOf("."); if (lastDotPos < 1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Type constant is not member of " + Types.class.getName() + " and its name is not fully specified: " + typeName); } String className = typeName.substring(0, lastDotPos); String fieldName = typeName.substring(lastDotPos + 1); Class cls = Class.forName(className); Integer val = (Integer) cls.getField(fieldName).get(null); if (val == null) throw new NullPointerException(typeName); return val; } }