[Springframework-developer] Favored way to get a value from a Field?

[Seth L. <set...@gm...>]

Aloha,

I know there is a nice util method for BeanUtils.instantiateClass()
that wraps the exception that might be thrown.

I'm working on the RequiredDependencyCheckingPostProcessor, and I'm
looking for a util method that handles getting the value from a field
(/not/ a property) and wrapping the exception.  It appears that
BeanWrapper works with getters, which I'm trying to avoid.

Is there such a thing?  I've got it all working now, but wanted to
clean it up and use what Spring already has (since I know it has a lot
of nice util methods).

Also, I can't find an exception under PropertyAccessException for
FieldAccessException, or some cousin of IllegalAccessException in the
BeansException hierarchy.  It would be a useful thing to have, along
with the util method to get a field value.

Tips?

Mahalo!
Seth

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