src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/tags/ClassUtil.java

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package org.apache.felix.scrplugin.tags;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

/**
 * Utility class.
 */
public class ClassUtil {

    /**
     * Try to get the initial value of a static field
     * @param clazz     The class.
     * @param fieldName The name of the field.
     * @return The initial value or null.
     */
    public static String[] getInitializationExpression(Class clazz, String fieldName) {
        try {
            final Field field = clazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
            field.setAccessible(true);
            final Object value = field.get(null);
            if ( value != null ) {
                if ( value.getClass().isArray() ) {
                    final String[] values = new String[Array.getLength(value)];
                    for(int i=0; i<values.length; i++) {
                        values[i] = Array.get(value, i).toString();
                    }
                    return values;
                }
                return new String[] {value.toString()};
            }
            return null;
        } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
            // ignore and just return null
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // ignore and just return null
        }
        return null;
    }
}