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How do I get and set a declared field using reflection?
Author: Deron Eriksson
Description: This Java tutorial describes how to get and set a declared field using reflection.
Tutorial created using:
Windows XP || JDK 1.5.0_09 || Eclipse Web Tools Platform 1.5.4
(Continued from page 1) If we execute ClassFieldTest, we obtain the following results: pub field: this is public pro field: this is protected This will throw a NoSuchFieldException java.lang.NoSuchFieldException: parentPub at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredField(Class.java:1854) at test.ClassFieldTest.main(ClassFieldTest.java:23) In summary, calling getDeclaredField() on a Class object can be used to obtain a Field object for a declared public, declared protected, or declared private field, and it throws an exception if an attempt is made to access an inherited field. Once a Field object is obtained, we can get and set the field value using the get() and set() methods on the Field object. Related Tutorials:
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