Java introspection: object to map

Question

I have a Java object obj that has attributes obj.attr1, obj.attr2 etc. The attributes are possibly accessed through an extra level of

Answer 1

Here's a rough approximation, hopefully enough to get you pointed in the right direction:

public Map getMap(Object o) {
    Map result = new HashMap();
    Field[] declaredFields = o.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
    for (Field field : declaredFields) {
        result.put(field.getName(), field.get(o));
    }
    return result;
}