How to get static final property from ClassName.class?

Question

I have array of classes like this.

private static final Class<?>[] CLASSES = new Class[]{
    First.class,
    Second.class,
};

Each class have property

    public static final String PROPERTY = "property_name";

Need to make loop to compare PROPERTY with specific string like this:

for (Class<?> item : CLASSES) {
    string.equals(item.PROPERTY)
}

But I could't find a way to escape from ".class" to get item.PROPERTY.

How to get PEOPERY in a correct way in this case?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should use:

    for (Class<?> item : CLASSES) {
        Field f = item.getDeclaredField("PROPERTY");
        string.equals(f.get(item));
    }