How to test whether the value of a Java field gotten by reflection is null?

Question

I have

Field f = this.getClass().getFields()[0];

I need to know if f\'s value in this is null or not

Answer 1

You didn't search well enough: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Field.html#get%28java.lang.Object%29

Call this method, and check if the returned object is null.