Getting the name of a sub-class from within a super-class

Question

Let\'s say I have a base class named Entity. In that class, I have a static method to retrieve the class name:

class Entity {
    public static         


        

Answer 1

If I understand your question correctly, I think the only way you can achieve what you want is to re-implement the static method in each subclass, for example:

class Entity {
    public static String getMyClass() {
        return Entity.class.getName();
    }
}

class Derived extends Entity {
    public static String getMyClass() {
        return Derived.class.getName();
    }
}

This will print package.Entity and package.Derived as you require. Messy but hey, if those are your constraints...