Does Java guarantee that Object.getClass() == Object.getClass()?

Question

I really do mean identity-equality here.

For example, will the following always print true?

System.out.println(\"foo\".getClass() ==         


        

Answer 1

For two instances of class X,

x1.getClass() == x2.getClass()

only if

x1.getClass().getClassLoader() == x2.getClass().getClassLoader()

Note: Class.getClassLoader() may return null which implies the bootstrap ClassLoader.