Package eu.europa.ec.taxud.validation.utils

Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object

eu.europa.ec.taxud.validation.utils.ClassUtils

public final class ClassUtils
extends Object

Provides useful stuff to handle object through reflection.

Version:

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class<?>	getClassByName(String className)	Gets a class object based on the given class name.
static String	getStringFieldByName(Class<?> c, String fieldName)	Provides a String value of a given class field name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getClassByName

public static Class<?> getClassByName(String className)

Gets a class object based on the given class name.

Parameters:

className - The class to get its object. Note: The parameter must contain the package and the class name like java.lang.String.

Returns:

the requested class. Otherwise, if the class is not defined, the method returns null.

getStringFieldByName

public static String getStringFieldByName(Class<?> c,
 String fieldName)

Provides a String value of a given class field name.

Parameters:

c - The class to search in.

fieldName - The field to retrieve the value.

Returns:

the field value if the field exists and is accessible. Otherwise, it returns null.