In Java, inside an abstract class can I get the instance of the concrete class that extends it?
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In Java, inside an abstract class can I get the instance of the concrete class that extends it?
Yes, you can do this by calling
this.getClass(). This will give you theClassinstance for the runtime type ofthis.If you just want the name of the class, you could use
this.getClass().getName().Lastly, there are also
this.getClass().getSimpleName()andthis.getClass().getCanonicalName(). I use the former all the time to print readable class names to log files and the like.