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package reflectionlab;

import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

/**
 *
 * @author theInterloper
 */
public class ReflectionLab {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
        readObjects();
    }

    private static void readObjects() {
        Object o = new Object();
        boolean data = true;
        try{
            File file = new File("Objects2.dat");
            if(!file.exists()){
                System.out.println("no file found");
            }
            else{
                FileInputStream FIS = new FileInputStream(file);
                ObjectInputStream OIS = new ObjectInputStream(FIS);

                while(data){
                    try{
                        o = (Object) OIS.readObject();
                        //System.out.println(o.getClass());
                        //showClassInfo(o);
                        getContents(o);
                    }catch(EOFException end){
                        data = false;
                    }//catch
                }//while
            }//else
        }catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("Problem reading from file: " + e);
        }
    }

    public static void showClassInfo(Object o) throws IllegalArgumentException,IllegalAccessException {
        Class c = o.getClass();
        Field[] publicFields = c.getFields();
        for(int i=0; i< publicFields.length; i++){
            Painting painting = new Painting();
            String fieldName = publicFields[i].getName();
            Class typeClass = publicFields[i].getType();
            String fieldType = typeClass.getName();
            System.out.println("Name: " + fieldName + ",Type: " + fieldType);
        }

    }

    public static void getContents(Object o) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
        Class c = o.getClass();
        Painting painting = new Painting();
        Field fieldlist[] = c.getDeclaredFields();

        for (int i = 0; i < fieldlist.length; i++) {
                Field fld = fieldlist[i];
                fld.setAccessible(true);
                 System.out.println(fld.get(o).toString());


            }

    }


}