The Class Class

• getClass method gets class of any object
• Returns object of type Class
• Class object describes a type

  Object e = new Rectangle();
  Class c = e.getClass();
  System.out.println(c.getName()); // prints java.awt.Rectangle
  

• Class.forName method yields Class object:
  Class c = Class.forName("java.awt.Rectangle");
• .class suffix yields Class object:
  Class c = Rectangle.class; // java.awt prefix not needed
• Class is a misnomer: int.class, void.class,Shape.class