Horstmann Chapter 7

The `Class` 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