getClass() in abstract class gives Ambiguous method call

Question

I have a public abstract class and I\'m trying to use the getClass() method, as I will need info from the class extending my abstract class. An example is this:

Answer 1

Another working workaround is to generate a helper method to get the Class:

public Class type() {
    return super.getClass();
}

or a static reusable util:

public static final Class type(Object object) {
    return object.getClass();
}