How to transform java class fields to an array of string values

Question

I am looking for a clean and elegant way to transform an object variables into an array based on the variable values.

Example:

public class Subject {

    public Subject(boolean music, boolean food, boolean sport, boolean business, boolean art) {
        this.music = music;
        this.food = food;
        this.sport = sport;
        this.business = business;
        this.art = art;
    }

    private final Long id;
    private final boolean music;
    private final boolean food;
    private final boolean sport;
    private final boolean business;
    private final boolean art;

}

Based on the values of each field, I want to add the field name as a string into an array.

Example: new Subject(true, true, true, false, false)

Expected result: ["music", "food", "sport"]

Benjamin Urquhart · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-01 21:22:07Z

5

Assuming no getters, you can use reflection:

Subject subject = new Subject(true, true, true, false, false);

Field[] fields = Subject.class.getDeclaredFields();   // Get the object's fields
List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
Object value;

for(Field field : fields) {                           // Iterate over the object's fields

    field.setAccessible(true);                        // Ignore the private modifier
    value = field.get(subject);                       // Get the value stored in the field

    if(value instanceof Boolean && (Boolean)value) {  // If this field contains a boolean object and the boolean is set to true
        result.add(field.getName());                  // Add the field name to the list
    }
}
System.out.println(result); // ["music", "food", "sport"]

Working example

answered May 1, 2019 at 21:22

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Samuel Philipp · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-01 21:24:34Z

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For a general solution you can use reflection and Java Streams for this:

Subject subject = new Subject(true, true, true, false, false);
String[] trueFields = Arrays.stream(subject.getClass().getDeclaredFields())
        .filter(f -> {
            f.setAccessible(true);
            try {
                return f.getBoolean(subject);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                return false;
            }
        })
        .map(Field::getName)
        .toArray(String[]::new);

The result will be:

[music, food, sport]

answered May 1, 2019 at 21:24

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user699848 · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-01 21:26:09Z

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You can use java's reflection to achieve this

 List<String> output =  new ArrayList<>();
    for(Field f:s.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
        if((f.getType().equals(boolean.class) || f.getType().equals(Boolean.class)) && f.getBoolean(s)) {
            output.add(f.getName());
        }
    }

    System.out.println(output);

answered May 1, 2019 at 21:26

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