How does a '.class' property work?

Question

First time developing in Java, and first time developing for Android, so it\'s quite a newbie question.

I currently have this code:

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Answer 1

The .class method is one all objets have which allow you to reference the original nature of that object from before you even had a chance to initialize it. It's not the parent, it's the original unadulterated template of itself. It's called ".class" because it's a direct representation of the class that only the class definition can influence. It saves you from having to make a new object in order to obtain information all members of that class originally have in common.