Working with the class keyword in Java

Question

I don\'t really understand how the class keywords work in some instances.

For example, the get(ClientResponse.class) method takes the Cl

Answer 1

SomeClass.class

returns a Java Class object. Class is genericized, so the actual type of SomeClass.class will be Class .

There are lots of uses for this object, and you can read the Javadoc for it here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html