Is it possible in Java to check if objects fields are null and then add default value to all those attributes?

Question

I need to make sure that no object attribute is null and add default value in case if it is null. Is there any easy way to do this, or do I have to do it manually by checkin

Answer 1

This is not to check for null, instead this will be helpful in converting an existing object to an empty object(fresh object). I dont know whether this is relevant or not, but I had such a requirement.

@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
static void emptyObject(Object obj) 
{
    Class c1 = obj.getClass();
    Field[] fields = c1.getDeclaredFields();

    for(Field field : fields)
    {
        try
        {
            if(field.getType().getCanonicalName() == "boolean")
            {
                field.set(obj, false);
            }
            else if(field.getType().getCanonicalName() == "char")
            {
                field.set(obj, '\u0000');
            }
            else if((field.getType().isPrimitive()))
            {
                field.set(obj, 0);
            }
            else
            {
                field.set(obj, null);
            }
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {

        }
    }
}