getClass Comparison Table

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getClass comparison table

Subject refer to have is a kind of is a subtopic of have example implement override is an instance of have purpose place in have access to be part of has definition return declare operate on

final method a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious method Methods
the behaviour of an object
or the behaviour of a class
by any method to increase efficiency by eliminating dynamic method lookup a class or an object A method that cannot be hidden or overridden a value that is of the return type of the method or a subtype of that type

method that is declared in Object class the object itself using the 'this' keyword a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious instance method Methods
public float credit(float amountToCredit) {
balance = balance + amountToCredit;
return balance;
}
the behaviour of the objects in the class a method in a superclass with the same name a class such that there is no needless duplication of it, and such that it is useful in all the subclasses of the class in which it is defined every class variable of its class a class a value that is of the return type of the method or a subtype of that type public, protected or private the current object's instance variables

getClass the object itself using the 'this' keyword specification Example Methods //Returns the name of the class of the object called key
String name = key.getClass().getName(); the behaviour of the objects in the class by any method method that is declared in Object class to increase efficiency by eliminating dynamic method lookup a class such that there is no needless duplication of it, and such that it is useful in all the subclasses of the class in which it is defined every class variable of its class a class a runtime representation of the class of the object public, protected or private the current object's instance variables

Subject	refer to	have	is a kind of	is a subtopic of	have example	implement	override	is an instance of	have purpose	place in	have access to	be part of	has definition	return	declare	operate on
final method		a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious	method	Methods		the behaviour of an object or the behaviour of a class	by any method		to increase efficiency by eliminating dynamic method lookup			a class or an object	A method that cannot be hidden or overridden	a value that is of the return type of the method or a subtype of that type
method that is declared in Object class	the object itself using the 'this' keyword	a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious	instance method	Methods	public float credit(float amountToCredit) { balance = balance + amountToCredit; return balance; }	the behaviour of the objects in the class	a method in a superclass with the same name			a class such that there is no needless duplication of it, and such that it is useful in all the subclasses of the class in which it is defined	every class variable of its class	a class		a value that is of the return type of the method or a subtype of that type	public, protected or private	the current object's instance variables
getClass	the object itself using the 'this' keyword	specification		Example Methods	//Returns the name of the class of the object called key String name = key.getClass().getName();	the behaviour of the objects in the class	by any method	method that is declared in Object class	to increase efficiency by eliminating dynamic method lookup	a class such that there is no needless duplication of it, and such that it is useful in all the subclasses of the class in which it is defined	every class variable of its class	a class		a runtime representation of the class of the object	public, protected or private	the current object's instance variables

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