Retrieving the inherited attribute names/values using Java Reflection
public static List<Field> getAllFields(Class<?> type) {
List<Field> fields = new ArrayList<Field>();
for (Class<?> c = type; c != null; c = c.getSuperclass()) {
fields.addAll(Arrays.asList(c.getDeclaredFields()));
}
return fields;
}
You need to call:
Class.getSuperclass().getDeclaredFields()
Recursing up the inheritance hierarchy as necessary.
no, you need to write it yourself. It is a simple recursive method called on Class.getSuperClass():
public static List<Field> getAllFields(List<Field> fields, Class<?> type) {
fields.addAll(Arrays.asList(type.getDeclaredFields()));
if (type.getSuperclass() != null) {
getAllFields(fields, type.getSuperclass());
}
return fields;
}
@Test
public void getLinkedListFields() {
System.out.println(getAllFields(new LinkedList<Field>(), LinkedList.class));
}
If instead you wanted to rely upon a library to accomplish this, Apache Commons Lang version 3.2+ provides FieldUtils.getAllFieldsList
:
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.AbstractCollection;
import java.util.AbstractList;
import java.util.AbstractSequentialList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.FieldUtils;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
public class FieldUtilsTest {
@Test
public void testGetAllFieldsList() {
// Get all fields in this class and all of its parents
final List<Field> allFields = FieldUtils.getAllFieldsList(LinkedList.class);
// Get the fields form each individual class in the type's hierarchy
final List<Field> allFieldsClass = Arrays.asList(LinkedList.class.getFields());
final List<Field> allFieldsParent = Arrays.asList(AbstractSequentialList.class.getFields());
final List<Field> allFieldsParentsParent = Arrays.asList(AbstractList.class.getFields());
final List<Field> allFieldsParentsParentsParent = Arrays.asList(AbstractCollection.class.getFields());
// Test that `getAllFieldsList` did truly get all of the fields of the the class and all its parents
Assert.assertTrue(allFields.containsAll(allFieldsClass));
Assert.assertTrue(allFields.containsAll(allFieldsParent));
Assert.assertTrue(allFields.containsAll(allFieldsParentsParent));
Assert.assertTrue(allFields.containsAll(allFieldsParentsParentsParent));
}
}