Java Object - getClass() Method
The java.util.Object.getClass() method returns the runtime class of this Object. The returned Class object is the object that is locked by static synchronized methods of the represented class.
Syntax
public final Class<?> getClass()
Parameters
No parameter is required.
Return Value
Returns the Class object that represents the runtime class of this object.
Exception
NA
Example:
In the example below, the java.util.Object.getClass() method returns the Class object representing the runtime class of the given object.
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MyClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//creating a vector Object
Vector<Integer> obj1 = new Vector<Integer>();
//populating obj1
obj1.add(10);
obj1.add(20);
obj1.add(30);
//printing the Class object of obj1
System.out.println("obj1 belongs to: " + obj1.getClass());
//creating Object
Float obj2 = 10.5f;
//printing the Class object of obj2
System.out.println("obj2 belongs to: " + obj2.getClass());
}
}
The output of the above code will be:
obj1 belongs to: class java.util.Vector obj2 belongs to: class java.lang.Float
❮ Java.lang - Object
