java - About the "class" property/field

Question

When you do:

MyClass.class.someMethod()

What exactly is the "class" field? I can't find it in the API docs. Is it an inherited static field?

I thought reserved keywords were not allowed as entity names.

Answer 1

Please read :

A class literal is an expression consisting of the name of a class, interface, array, or primitive type, or the pseudo-type void, followed by a `.' and the token class. The type of a class literal, C.Class, where C is the name of a class, interface or array type, is Class. If p is the name of a primitive type, let B be the type of an expression of type p after boxing conversion (§5.1.7). Then the type of p.class is Class. The type of void.class is Class.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/expressions.html#15.8.2