// classname including internal names for anonymous classes used in serialisation import java.util.Collection; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.AbstractList; ... System.out.println( String.class ); // java.lang.String System.out.println( int.class ); // int System.out.println( int[].class ); // [I System.out.println( Integer[].class ); // [Ljava.lang.Integer; System.out.println( double.class ); // double System.out.println( Double.class ); // java.lang.Double System.out.println( Double.TYPE ); // double AbstractList p = new ArrayList(); System.out.println( p.getClass() ); // java.util.ArrayList not AbstractList