Java: Creating a subclass object from a parent object

Question

Newbie Java question. Say I have:

public class Car{
  ...
}

public class Truck extends Car{
  ...
}

Suppose I already have a Car object, h

Answer 1

Would I have to write my own copy constructor? This would have to be updated everytime Car gets a new field...

Not at all!

Try this way:

public class Car{
    ...
}

public class Truck extends Car{
    ...

    public Truck(Car car){
        copyFields(car, this);
    }
}


public static void copyFields(Object source, Object target) {
        Field[] fieldsSource = source.getClass().getFields();
        Field[] fieldsTarget = target.getClass().getFields();

        for (Field fieldTarget : fieldsTarget)
        {
            for (Field fieldSource : fieldsSource)
            {
                if (fieldTarget.getName().equals(fieldSource.getName()))
                {
                    try
                    {
                        fieldTarget.set(target, fieldSource.get(source));
                    }
                    catch (SecurityException e)
                    {
                    }
                    catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
                    {
                    }
                    catch (IllegalAccessException e)
                    {
                    }
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }