how iterate over class members java (app-engine)

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Published on 2010-03-17T21:28:03Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 21:41 UTC
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Hello, I am using the java version of the google app engine.

I would like to create a function that can receive as parameters many types of objects. I would like to print out the members of the object. Each objects may be different and the function must work for all objects. Do I have to use reflection - if so, what kind of code do I need to write?

public class dataOrganization {
  private String name;
  private String contact;
  private PostalAddress address;

  public dataOrganization(){}
}

public int getObject(Object obj){
  // This function prints out the name of every 
  // member of the object, the type and the value
  // In this example, it would print out "name - String - null", 
  // "contact - String - null" and "address - PostalAddress - null"
}

How would I write the function getObject?

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