Retrieving fields list of specified class If recursively is true, retrieving fields from all class hierarchy - Java Reflection

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Retrieving fields list of specified class If recursively is true, retrieving fields from all class hierarchy

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {


    /**//  ww w.  j ava2s .  c o m
     * Retrieving fields list of specified class
     * If recursively is true, retrieving fields from all class hierarchy
     *
     * @param clazz where fields are searching
     * @param recursively param
     * @return list of fields
     */
    public static Field[] getDeclaredFields(Class clazz, boolean recursively) {
        List<Field> fields = new LinkedList<Field>();
        Field[] declaredFields = clazz.getDeclaredFields();
        Collections.addAll(fields, declaredFields);

        Class superClass = clazz.getSuperclass();

        if (superClass != null && recursively) {
            Field[] declaredFieldsOfSuper = getDeclaredFields(superClass,
                    recursively);
            if (declaredFieldsOfSuper.length > 0)
                Collections.addAll(fields, declaredFieldsOfSuper);
        }

        return fields.toArray(new Field[fields.size()]);
    }
}

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