+ try
+ {
+ Class field_type = field.getType();
+
+ if (type == field_type ||
+ (type == null && !field_type.isPrimitive()))
+ {
+ /* See defaulted */
+ return field;
+ }
+
+ illegal = true;
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException
+ ("Field requested is of type "
+ + field_type.getName()
+ + ", but requested type was "
+ + (type == null ? "Object" : type.getName()));
+ }
+ catch (NullPointerException _)
+ {
+ /* Here we catch NullPointerException, because it may
+ only come from the call 'field.getType()'. If field
+ is null, we have to return null and classpath ethic
+ say we must try to avoid 'if (xxx == null)'.
+ */
+ }