RE: back to: improving rpg. was: what is object oriented programming

Sorry, minor error.
You'd have to use getDeclaredFields() to get a hold of private and
protected data. getFields() only returns publicly available fields.

You can also use this along with a traversal of the object's superclasses
to get any inherited protected fields.





                                                                                
                                                        
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Any good OO language allows at least some level of "meta" programming.
In Java its reflection:

 void showFields(Object o)
    {
        Field[] fields = o.getClass().getFields();
        for (int i = 0; i<fields.length; i++)
        {
            Field field = fields[i];
            field.setAccessible(true);
            try
            {
                System.out.println("A  (possibly private) private field is
"
                                                     + field.get(o));
                field.set(o, a_new_value_for_a_private_field);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }