Every Java class X can get its class name from X.class.
When I check it in the JDK documents, there isn't a member named class in Object.
Where does the class member come from?
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1Does this answer your question? [What does .class mean in Java?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15078935/what-does-class-mean-in-java) – kasptom Apr 05 '20 at 06:41
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/227486/find-where-java-class-is-loaded-from Doea this answer your question? – kedar sedai Apr 05 '20 at 06:44
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1@kedarsedai: that seems to be unrelated to this question. – Joachim Sauer Apr 05 '20 at 06:47
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Foo.class is not a member of Foo, even though the syntax looks like it.
Foo.class is actually a Class Literal expression.
That means that it's just a special syntax in the language that's used to refer to the class of a given type.
If you used reflection to inspect Foo you wouldn't see a static field class.
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