how to get a constant in java with class

Question

basically I need to get a constant for a class however I have no instance of the object but only its class. In PHP I would do constant(XYZ); Is there a similar way

Answer 1

You might look for sth. like
Foo.class.getDeclaredField("THIS_IS_MY_CONST").get(null); or Class.forName("Foo").getDeclaredField("THIS_IS_MY_CONST").get(null); (thanks f-o-o)

Gets the value of a String constant (THIS_IS_MY_CONST) in class Foo.

Update use null as argument for get thanks acdcjunior