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

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-873?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Matt Benson reopened LANG-873:
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I disagree with applying the "Declared" nomenclature to this new method.  The whole point of a "declared" field vs. just-a-field is that it is declared in the subtype.
                
> Add FieldUtils getDeclaredFields() to return all the fields defined in the given class and super classes
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LANG-873
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-873
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: lang.reflect.*
>            Reporter: Emmanuel Bourg
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.2
>
>         Attachments: FieldUtils.diff, FieldUtilsTest.diff
>
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> {{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

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