SE450: 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