Class.GetField(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Lang

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Returns a Field object that reflects the specified public member field of the class or interface represented by this Class object.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getField", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;", "")]
public Java.Lang.Reflect.Field GetField (string name);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getField", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;", "")>]
member this.GetField : string -> Java.Lang.Reflect.Field

Parameters

name: String

the field name

Returns

Field

the Field object of this class specified by name

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Exceptions

NoSuchFieldException

if the field cannot be found.

Remarks

Returns a Field object that reflects the specified public member field of the class or interface represented by this Class object. The name parameter is a String specifying the simple name of the desired field.

The field to be reflected is determined by the algorithm that follows. Let C be the class or interface represented by this object:

<OL> <LI> If C declares a public field with the name specified, that is the field to be reflected.</LI> <LI> If no field was found in step 1 above, this algorithm is applied recursively to each direct superinterface of C. The direct superinterfaces are searched in the order they were declared.</LI> <LI> If no field was found in steps 1 and 2 above, and C has a superclass S, then this algorithm is invoked recursively upon S. If C has no superclass, then a NoSuchFieldException is thrown.</LI> </OL>

If this Class object represents an array type, then this method does not find the length field of the array type.

Added in 1.1.

Java documentation for java.lang.Class.getField(java.lang.String).

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