Retrieve field values using BeanUtils

java apache-commons-beanutils
TheLameProgrammer picture TheLameProgrammer · May 25, 2011 · Viewed 15.7k times · Source

I want to extract private field values that are not marked by certain custom annotation, is this possible via BeanUtils? If yes, how?

Answer

MarcoS picture MarcoS · May 25, 2011

Yes, assuming that you know the fields names. You can use PropertyUtils.getSimpleProperty(...). See also here for an example.

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