Returns the runtime class of this Object. The returned
Class object is the object that is locked by
static synchronized methods of the represented class.
The actual result type is Class<? extends |X|>
where |X| is the erasure of the static type of the
expression on which getClass is called. For
example, no cast is required in this code fragment:
Number n = 0;
Class<? extends Number> c = n.getClass();
Class object that represents the runtime
class of this object.
@jls 15.8.2 Class Literals
Diagram: Object