Java – how to view the class name that contains the actual code

package a;

package a;
public class A {
  public String toString() {
    // return "I am an a.A"; is too primitive ;) 
    return "I am an " + getClass().getName(); // should give "a.A"
  }
}

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package a;
public class X extends A {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    X test = new X();
    System.out.println(test);  // returns "I am an a.X"
  }
}

I tried this, too GetClass () and super getClass(). How to get the class names of the actual codes tostring() and getclass()? (A.A)

This is just a simplified example. My point is how to avoid hard coding the base class name in the first file (a.java)

Solution

Change:

getClass().getName()

reach

A.class.getName()