Starting with JDK 8, we can get an informative string for the name of a certain type.

This method returns the same string as one or more of getName(), getSimpleName(), or getCanonicalName():

• For primitives, it returns the same for all three methods:

System.out.println("Type: " + int.class.getTypeName()); // int

• For Pair, it returns the same thing as getName() and getCanonicalName():

// modern.challenge.Pair
System.out.println("Type name: " + clazz.getTypeName());

• For inner classes (like Entry is for Pair), it returns the same thing as getName():

// modern.challenge.Pair$Entry
System.out.println("Type name: " 
  + Pair.Entry.class.getTypeName());

• For an anonymous class, it returns the same thing as getName():

Thread thread = new Thread() {
  public void run() {
    System.out.println("Child Thread");
  }
};

// modern.challenge.Main$1
System.out.println("Anonymous class type name: "
  + thread.getClass().getTypeName());

• For arrays, it returns the same thing as getCanonicalName():

Pair[] pairs = new Pair[10];
// modern.challenge.Pair[]
System.out.println("Array type name: " 
  + pairs.getClass().getTypeName());