[LANG-873] Add FieldUtils getAllFields() to return all the fields defined in the given class and super classes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.2
• Component/s: lang.reflect.*
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Emmanuel Bourg
• Created: 25/Feb/13 13:20
• Updated: 15/Oct/13 02:33
• Resolved: 11/Oct/13 19:31

Description

java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields() doesn't return the fields defined by the super classes. I'd like to suggest the addition of a new method in FieldUtils that also returns the inherited fields (including the private fields).

According to this question on StackOverflow this method would be quite useful:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3567372/access-to-private-inherited-fields-via-reflection-in-java