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Java Reflection - Field.getType() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

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Class:

java.lang.reflect.Field

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.lang.reflect.AccessibleObjectjava.lang.reflect.AccessibleObjectjava.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElementAnnotatedElementjava.lang.reflect.Fieldjava.lang.reflect.Fieldjava.lang.reflect.MemberMemberLogicBig

Method:

public Class<?> getType()

Returns a Class object identifying the declared type of this field.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.field;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class GetTypeExample {
    private int anInt;

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchFieldException {
        Field f = GetTypeExample.class.getDeclaredField("anInt");
        Class<?> type = f.getType();
        System.out.println(type);

    }
}

Output

int




package com.logicbig.example.field;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class GetTypeExample2 {
    private int[] ints;

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchFieldException {
        Field f = GetTypeExample2.class.getDeclaredField("ints");
        Class<?> v = f.getType();
        System.out.println(v);
        String name = v.getTypeName();
        System.out.println(name);
    }
}

Output

class [I
int[]

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