How to get value of String field from Java reflection?

Question

I have an object that has a String field. I can obtain this field by calling:

Field field = someObj.getClass().getField(\"strField\");

I sett a

Answer 1

Even without the getter or the setter methods for a property, you can change or get the value using an object reference and Java Reflection.

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class Bean {

    private String strField;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Bean bean = new Bean();
        Field field = bean.getClass().getDeclaredField("strField");
        field.set(bean, "Hello");
        System.out.println(field.get(bean));
    }

}