rJava (version 0.4-3)

jfiled: Obtains the value of a field

Description

.jfield returns the value of the specified field on an object.

Usage

.jfield(o, name, simplify=TRUE, true.class=TRUE)

Arguments

o

Class name or object (Java reference) whose field is to be accessed. Static fields are supported both by specifying the class name or using an instance.

name

name of the field to access

simplify

field accessor methods always return Java objects. If set to TRUE, such object will be converted to scalar type if possible (see .jsimplify).

true.class

field accessor methods always return objects of the class java.lang.Object. If set to TRUE, the true Java class is determined and the returned object's class will be adjusted.

Value

• Contents of the field.

Details

.jfield uses reflection to access value of a field of a given object.

See Also

.jnew, .jsimplify

Examples

z <- .jnew("java/lang/Boolean", TRUE)
.jfield(z, "TYPE")