Get Class Name 

The following example shows how to get a reference to class object and accessing its name. Class provides the following APIs,

public String getSimpleName()
 - Returns the simple name of class as given in the source code. 
   For anonymous class it returns empty string.

public String getName()
 - Returns the name of the class along with package name.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/reflection/GetClassName.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.reflection; public class GetClassName {   /**    * @param args    * @throws ClassNotFoundException     */   public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException {          //From instance     Integer num = new Integer(6);     System.out.println(num.getClass());          //From class     System.out.println(Integer.class);          //From Class.forName     System.out.println(Class.forName("java.lang.Integer"));          Class<?> clazz = Integer.class;     System.out.println("---------------------------");     System.out.println(clazz.getName());     System.out.println(clazz.getSimpleName());   } }

class java.lang.Integer
class java.lang.Integer
class java.lang.Integer
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java.lang.Integer
Integer