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

The very most important fact is - you don't need to have an instance to call the method. It's critically useful in situations when you cannot for some reason instantiate a class, e.g. it's abstract, or have only private constructor, or can only be correctly instantiated by some framework, like Spring or JSF.

You can then call get to obtain an object of a requested type without even knowing where it does come from and how it get's created.