title: how to get a constant in java with class
body: <p>basically I need to get a constant for a class however I have no instance of the object but only its class.
  In PHP I would do <code>constant(XYZ);</code>
  Is there a similar way of retrieving a constant in JAVA?</p>
  
  <p>I need it to facilitate a dynamic getMethod call</p>
  
  <pre><code>Class parameterType = Class.forName(class_name);
  object.setProperty(field name, field value, parameterType);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the set property method would then get the correct method and set the specified property, however I cant get a method which has int as parameter type without using Interger.TYPE</p>