Basics of Java Reflection Attributes

To get details of the fields declared in a class, and details of annotations, reflection can be used. Using reflection, current values of the fields can be retrieved and new values can be set.

Content of TestMain.java

package com.t4b.test; import java.lang.reflect.Constructor; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.lang.reflect.Type; public class TestMain { static Class<?> c; public static void main(String[] args) { try { c = Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println("Fields:"); for (Field field : c.getDeclaredFields()) { System.out.println(field.getName()); System.out.println(field.getType()); } } }

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