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Java Class class getSuperClass() method with example
Class class getSuperClass() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getSuperClass() method of Class class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on November 11, 2019
Class class getSuperClass() method
- getSuperClass() method is available in java.lang package.
- getSuperClass() method is used to return the Class denoting the superclass of any of the classes, interfaces, primitive type or any void type denoted by this Class.
- getSuperClass() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
- getSuperClass() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning a superclass.
Syntax:
public Class getSuperClass();
Parameter(s):
- It does not accept any parameter.
Return value:
The return type of this method is Class, it returns the super class of the entity denoted by this object.
Example:
// Java program to demonstrate the example
// of Class getSuperClass() method of Class
import java.util.*;
public class GetSuperClassOfClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// It returns the super class of
// the class ChildClass
Class cl = ChildClass.class.getSuperclass();
if (cl != null) {
System.out.print("Super class of ChildClass: ");
System.out.println(cl.getName());
} else
System.out.println("No super class exists");
}
}
class ChildClass extends HashSet {
public ChildClass() {}
}
Output
Super class of ChildClass: java.util.HashSet