public static Object getValue ( Object instance , String name ) { assert instance != null ; assert name != null ; try { Class < ? > clazz = instance . getClass ( ) ; Object value = null ; Method property = findProperty ( clazz , name ) ; if ( property != null ) { value = property . invoke ( instance ) ; } else { Field field = findField ( clazz , name ) ; if ( field != null ) { value = field . get ( instance ) ; } } log . debug ( "Value for field/property '{}' is: '{}'" , name , value ) ; return value ; } catch ( Exception e ) { log . error ( "Could not get a value for field/property '" + name + "'" , e ) ; return null ; } }
tries to get the value from a field or a getter property for a given object instance