Sometimes I need to test which class has declared some variable(s), is there another way how to test that, if concrete class contains variable with some name
If I understand correctly, you use this code in a superclass to test if a subclass has a testVariable
field.
Why don't you simply add a method like this?
/**
* Returns true if the object declares a testVariable field, false otherwise. Subclasses should
* override this method
*/
protected boolean hasTestVariableField() {
return false;
}
Seems much more OO to me, doesn't break encapsulation.
That said, I've not really understood why you needed this in the first place.