Re: How to access a member constant by FQN

Hmm, ok, let me try this:

Class.forName("com.whatever.mycompany.MyConstants");
// MyConstants is now loaded and the static members initialized

MY_CONST is now an Integer instance floating around in the JVM. So, I
don't NEED a new instance of it, but I want to access it by a fully
qualified name.

When I do: Class.newInstance() <-- object is returned but if I am
given the string: "com.whatever.mycompany.MyConstants.MY_CONST" I am
not being given a FQN to a class, I am being given a FQN to a static
final member of a Class.

Another way to say it, how do I make an assignment to this instance
based on the FQN as a String. This is all runtime/reflection -- not
compile time so I have no way to know what will be referenced. If I
knew the Outter class I could use reflection to get the fields and
discover it by name, but I can't know that the String given to me
represents a class and not one of it's members.

Object someConst = ?

.

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