Question

In C# we have Type.FullName and Type.Name for getting the name of a type (class in this case) with or without the namespace (package in java-world).

What is the java equivalent to Type.Name?

Clearly there must be a better way than using Class.getName() and strip it of the package name manually.

Answer 1

Class.getSimpleName()

Returns the simple name of the underlying class as given in the source code. Returns an empty string if the underlying class is anonymous.

The simple name of an array is the simple name of the component type with "[]" appended. In particular the simple name of an array whose component type is anonymous is "[]".

It is actually stripping the package information from the name, but this is hidden from you.