Class getSuperclass() method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 28 Nov, 2019

The getSuperclass() method of java.lang.Class class is used to get the super class of this entity. This entity can be a class, an array, an interface, etc. The method returns the super class of this entity.

Syntax:

public Class<T> getSuperclass()

Parameter: This method does not accept any paramter.

Return Value: This method returns the super class of this entity.

Below programs demonstrate the getSuperclass() method.

Example 1:

// Java program to demonstrate getSuperclass() method
  
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
  
        // returns the Class object for this class
        Class myClass = Class.forName("Test");
  
        System.out.println("Class represented by myClass: "
                           + myClass.toString());
  
        // Get the super class of myClass
        // using getSuperclass() method
        System.out.println("Superclass of myClass: "
                           + myClass.getSuperclass());
    }
}

Output:

Class represented by myClass: class Test
Superclass of myClass: class java.lang.Object

Example 2:

// Java program to demonstrate getSuperclass() method
  
public class Test {
  
    class Arr {
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        // returns the Class object for Arr
        Class arrClass = Arr.class;
  
        // Get the super class of arrClass
        // using getSuperclass() method
        System.out.println("Superclass of arrClass: "
                           + arrClass.getSuperclass());
    }
}

Output:

Superclass of arrClass: class java.lang.Object

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html#getSuperclass–

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