From c3561f94d3dd248cd753fda1868bbfff11e47549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GordeaS <GordeaS@host.docker.internal>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:46:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix to allow access to private fields of the parent class
 #EA-3641

---
 .../europeana/entitymanagement/definitions/model/Entity.java   | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/entity-management-definitions/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/definitions/model/Entity.java b/entity-management-definitions/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/definitions/model/Entity.java
index 740b52e9..c9db854a 100644
--- a/entity-management-definitions/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/definitions/model/Entity.java
+++ b/entity-management-definitions/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/definitions/model/Entity.java
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ public void setIsShownBy(WebResource resource) {
   }
 
   public Object getFieldValue(Field field) throws IllegalAccessException {
+    if(!field.canAccess(this)) {
+      field.setAccessible(true);
+    }
     return field.get(this);
   }