Here you can find the source of setFieldValue(Field field, Object target, Object value)
public static void setFieldValue(Field field, Object target, Object value)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a va2s . c o m * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2014 TIBCO Software Inc. All rights reserved. * http://www.jaspersoft.com. * * Unless you have purchased a commercial license agreement from Jaspersoft, * the following license terms apply: * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.lang.reflect.Field; public class Main { public static void setFieldValue(Field field, Object target, Object value) { try { field.setAccessible(true); field.set(target, value); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot access (set) " + "[" + field + "] field in target [" + target + "]. " + "Reason: " + e.getMessage(), e); } } }