Java Class.getSuperclass()
Syntax
Class.getSuperclass() has the following syntax.
public Class <? super T> getSuperclass()
Example
In the following code shows how to use Class.getSuperclass() method.
/* w w w .j av a2 s . com*/
class superClass {
// super class
}
class subClass extends superClass {
// sub class
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
superClass val1 = new superClass();
subClass val2 = new subClass();
Class cls = val1.getClass();
System.out.println(cls.getName());
cls = cls.getSuperclass();
System.out.println(cls.getName());
cls = val2.getClass();
System.out.println(cls.getName());
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
