Returns the Type representing the direct superclass of the entity (class, interface, primitive type or void) represented by this Class.

If the superclass is a parameterized type, the Type object returned must accurately reflect the actual type parameters used in the source code. The parameterized type representing the superclass is created if it had not been created before. See the declaration of ParameterizedType for the semantics of the creation process for parameterized types. If this Class represents either the Object class, an interface, a primitive type, or void, then null is returned. If this object represents an array class then the Class object representing the Object class is returned.

Returns:  the direct superclass of the class represented by this object

Exceptions:

java.lang.reflect.GenericSignatureFormatError		if the generic class signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
TypeNotPresentException		if the generic superclass refers to a non-existent type declaration
java.lang.reflect.MalformedParameterizedTypeException		if the generic superclass refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

Since:  1.5