[java] How to loop over a Class attributes in Java?

How can I loop over a class attributes in java dynamically.

For eg :

public class MyClass{
    private type1 att1;
    private type2 att2;
    ...

    public void function(){
        for(var in MyClass.Attributes){
            System.out.println(var.class);
        }
    }
}

is this possible in Java?

Java has Reflection (java.reflection.*), but I would suggest looking into a library like Apache Beanutils, it will make the process much less hairy than using reflection directly.

While I agree with Jörn's answer if your class conforms to the JavaBeabs spec, here is a good alternative if it doesn't and you use Spring.

Spring has a class named ReflectionUtils that offers some very powerful functionality, including doWithFields(class, callback), a visitor-style method that lets you iterate over a classes fields using a callback object like this:

public void analyze(Object obj){
    ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(obj.getClass(), field -> {

        System.out.println("Field name: " + field.getName());
        field.setAccessible(true);
        System.out.println("Field value: "+ field.get(obj));

    });
}

But here's a warning: the class is labeled as "for internal use only", which is a pity if you ask me

Simple way to iterate over class fields and obtain values from object:

 Class<?> c = obj.getClass();
 Field[] fields = c.getDeclaredFields();
 Map<String, Object> temp = new HashMap<String, Object>();

 for( Field field : fields ){
      try {
           temp.put(field.getName().toString(), field.get(obj));
      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e1) {
      } catch (IllegalAccessException e1) {
      }
 }

Here is a solution which sorts the properties alphabetically and prints them all together with their values:

public void logProperties() throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
  Class<?> aClass = this.getClass();
  Field[] declaredFields = aClass.getDeclaredFields();
  Map<String, String> logEntries = new HashMap<>();

  for (Field field : declaredFields) {
    field.setAccessible(true);

    Object[] arguments = new Object[]{
      field.getName(),
      field.getType().getSimpleName(),
      String.valueOf(field.get(this))
    };

    String template = "- Property: {0} (Type: {1}, Value: {2})";
    String logMessage = System.getProperty("line.separator")
            + MessageFormat.format(template, arguments);

    logEntries.put(field.getName(), logMessage);
  }

  SortedSet<String> sortedLog = new TreeSet<>(logEntries.keySet());

  StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Class properties:");

  Iterator<String> it = sortedLog.iterator();
  while (it.hasNext()) {
    String key = it.next();
    sb.append(logEntries.get(key));
  }

  System.out.println(sb.toString());
}

Accessing the fields directly is not really good style in java. I would suggest creating getter and setter methods for the fields of your bean and then using then Introspector and BeanInfo classes from the java.beans package.

MyBean bean = new MyBean();
BeanInfo beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(MyBean.class);
for (PropertyDescriptor propertyDesc : beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors()) {
    String propertyName = propertyDesc.getName();
    Object value = propertyDesc.getReadMethod().invoke(bean);
}