Get Parent Class 

The following example shows how to access the parent class of a given class. The super class of java.lang.Object is null. Class provides the following APIs,

public Class<? super T> getSuperclass()
 - Returns parent class of this class. 

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

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.reflection; import java.util.Stack; public class GetParentClass {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     printParents(String.class);     printParents(Integer.class);     printParents(Stack.class);   }      private static void printParents(Class<?> clazz) {          while (clazz != null) {       System.out.print(clazz.getName());              if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {         System.out.print(" > ");       }       clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();     }     System.out.println();   } }

java.lang.String > java.lang.Object
java.lang.Integer > java.lang.Number > java.lang.Object
java.util.Stack > java.util.Vector > java.util.AbstractList > 
	java.util.AbstractCollection > java.lang.Object