Reflect public field from static Factory class

Question

Hi, i have a static factory(all public static fields and methods, and private constructor), and i want to reflect one of the public fields with reflection. eg.
package pak;
public class Factory{
public static byte MYFIELD=0;
//private cannot instantiate
private Factory(){}
I which to use reflection to do somethin like this in another class
try {
Class xClass= Class.forName("pak.Factory"); //getClass ref
Object xInstance= xClass.newInstance(); //ERR**get Object to extract field Val
//4 Field.getByte(Object)
SPECIFIED_VAL = xClass.getField("MYFIELD").getByte(xInstance);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.prin...................
However as the nature of the static factory, i can't instantiate it so can't use
java.lang.reflect.Field.getByte(Object)
what i need is something like
java.lang.reflect.Field.getByte()
??Any ideas on how to over come this?

Answer 1

To get a single "known" static field you would do:
Class myClass = Class.forName("my.Class");
Field myClassField = myClass.getField("myField");
Object value = myField.get(null);if you want all the fields:
Class myClass = Class.forName("my.Class");
Field[] allClassFields = myClass.getFields();Check the API docs under java.lang.Class ;-)