set Field - Java Reflection

Java examples for Reflection:Field Set

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set Field

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//package com.java2s;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Main {


    public static void setField(Object parent, String fieldName,
            Object value) {
        try {
            Method method = findSetter(parent, fieldName);
            if (method != null) {
                method.setAccessible(true);
                method.invoke(parent, new Object[] { value });
            } else {
                Field field = parent.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
                field.setAccessible(true);
                field.set(parent, value);
            }
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Field '" + fieldName
                    + "' was not found on " + parent.getClass().getName());
        }
    }

    private static Method findSetter(Object parent, String fieldName) {
        try {
            PropertyDescriptor descriptor = new PropertyDescriptor(
                    fieldName, parent.getClass());
            return descriptor.getWriteMethod();
        } catch (IntrospectionException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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