Getting static constant from a class using mirrors in dart

Question

I'm trying to get the BYTES_PER_ELEMENT constant in Float32List (and other typed data arrays) using mirrors, but all I'm getting is the exception No static getter 'BYTES_PER_ELEMENT' declared in class 'Float32List'. So more generally, how can I access the static constants of a class?

import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'dart:mirrors';

main() {
  var array = new Float32List(10);

  var bytesPerElement = reflect(array).type.getField(#BYTES_PER_ELEMENT).reflectee;

  print(bytesPerElement);
}

Answer 1

new Float32List() is a factory constructor which returns a _Float32Array which doesn't have BYTES_PER_ELEMENT.

print(reflect(array).type);

prints

ClassMirror on '_Float32Array'

var bytesPerElement = 
    reflectClass(Float32List)
    .getField(#BYTES_PER_ELEMENT)
    .reflectee;

prints

4

I'm pretty sure it is not possible to find a way back from _Float32Array to Float32List using mirrors.