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e115. Getting and Setting the Value of a Field

This example assumes that the field has the type int.

    try {
        // Get value
        field.getInt(object);
    
        // Set value
        field.setInt(object, 123);
    
        // Get value of a static field
        field.getInt(null);
    
        // Set value of a static field
        field.setInt(null, 123);
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
    }

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e114. Getting the Field Objects of a Class Object

See also: Arrays Constructors Methods Modifiers

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