Java Class getName() Method

The getName() method of java Class class is used to get the name of the entity, and that entity can be class, interface, array, enum, method, etc. of the class object.

Element Type	Encoding
boolean	Z
char	C
class or interface	Lclassname;
double	D
float	F
int	I
long	J
short	S

Syntax

Parameter

Returns

Entity name as the string.

Throws

Does not throw an exception.

Example 1

//import statements
import java.lang.*;
public class ClassgetNameExample1 {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      ClassgetNameExample1 obj = new ClassgetNameExample1();
      Class Class1 = obj.getClass();
      String nm = Class1.getName();
      System.out.println(" The Class Name = " +nm);
   }
}

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Output:

The Class Name = ClassgetNameExample1

Example 2

//import statements
 import java.lang.reflect.Method; 
public class ClassgetNameExample2 {   
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        try { 
            Class obj = ClassgetNameExample2.class;  
            Method[] mthd = obj.getMethods(); 
            for (Method method : mthd) { 
                String MthdNm = method.getName(); 
                System.out.println("Name of the method: "
                                   + MthdNm); 
            } 
        } 
        catch (Exception e) { 
            e.printStackTrace();  //print exception object
        } 
    } 
 
    public static int setValueMethod() 
    { 
        System.out.println("setValueMethod"); 
        return 22; 
    } 
  
    public String getValueMethod() 
    { 
        System.out.println("getValueMethod"); 
        return "getValueMethod"; 
    } 
  
    public void setManyValuesMethod() 
    { 
        System.out.println("setManyValuesMethod"); 
    } 
}

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Output:

Name of the method: main
Name of the method: setManyValuesMethod
Name of the method: setValueMethod
Name of the method: getValueMethod
Name of the method: wait
Name of the method: wait
Name of the method: wait
Name of the method: equals
Name of the method: toString
Name of the method: hashCode
Name of the method: getClass
Name of the method: notify
Name of the method: notifyAll

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