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Java program to demonstrate the getName() method

Java example to demonstrate the getName() method.
Submitted by Nidhi, on May 04, 2022

Problem statement

In this program, we will get the name of declared types using the getName() method and print the result.

Java program to demonstrate the getName() method

The source code to demonstrate the getName() method is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

// Java program to demonstrate the 
// getName() method

@interface A {}
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException {
    Class cls1 = A.class;
    Class cls2 = Main.class;

    System.out.println("The class name associated with cls1: " + cls1.getName());
    System.out.println("The class name associated with cls2: " + cls2.getName());
  }
}

Output

The class name associated with cls1: A
The class name associated with cls2: Main

Explanation

In the above program, we created a public class Main that contains a main() method. The main() method is the entry point for the program. Here, we got the name of interface A and class Main using the getName() method and printed the result.

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