Get Field value by field name

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] unused) throws Exception{
        Object o = new MyClass();
        System.out.println(intFieldValue(o, "currentYear"));
    }

    static int intFieldValue(Object o, String name) throws Exception{
        Class c = o.getClass();
        Field fld = c.getField(name);
        int value = fld.getInt(o);
        return value;
    }
}

class MyClass {
    public int currentYear = 2012;
}