Question

What I want to do is access a variable stored in one class with a string.
For example I have

public class Values {
    public static boolean enabled;
}

And then in a different part of the project I have the object and a string with the fields name. How do I get and set the value of the field?

Answer 1

If you have the name as a string, you should use reflection:

import java.lang.reflect.Field;


public class Values {

    public static boolean enabled = false;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {           
        Values v = new Values();

        Field field = v.getClass().getField("enabled");

        field.set( v, true );

        System.out.println( field.get(v) );         
    }

}