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

Whenever we compile any Java file, the compiler will embed a public, static, final field named class, of the type java.lang.Class, in the emitted byte code. Since this field is public and static, we can access it using dotted notation along with class name as in your case it is ClientResponse.class.