How to get declared bean property value by name 

Jodd is an open-source java library with lot of reusable components and feature rich utilities. This requires the library jodd-3.3.2.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to get declared bean property value given the property name using BeanUtil.getDeclaredProperty() API. If a getter method exists for a given property then it uses the same otherwise accesses the field directly.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/jodd/common/Student3.java

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jodd.common; public class Student3 {   private String name;   private int age;   private String hobby;   public Student3(String name, int age, String hobby) {     super();     this.name = name;     this.age = age;     this.hobby = hobby;   }   public String getName() {     System.out.println("In getName method with name : " + name);     return name;   }    }

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/jodd/beans/GetDeclaredPropertyTest.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jodd.beans; import jodd.bean.BeanUtil; import com.bethecoder.tutorials.jodd.common.Student3; public class GetDeclaredPropertyTest {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {          Student3 std = new Student3("Sriram", 2, "Chess");          String name = (String) BeanUtil.getDeclaredProperty(std, "name");     System.out.println(name);          Integer age = (Integer) BeanUtil.getDeclaredProperty(std, "age");     System.out.println(age);          String hobby = (String) BeanUtil.getDeclaredProperty(std, "hobby");     System.out.println(hobby);   } }

In getName method with name : Sriram
Sriram
2
Chess