The difference between class.getName() and class.getSimpleName()

According to the definition in the API:

Class.getName(): Returns the "entity" name of the Class object in the form of String;

Class.getSimpleName(): Gets the "underlying class " short name given in the source code.

 

public  class Main {  
      
    private static final String TAG1 = Main.class.getName();  
    private static final String TAG2 = Main.class.getSimpleName();  
      
    public static void main(String[] args) {  
        System.out.println("getName ----- " + TAG1 + "\n" + "getSimpleName ----- " + TAG2);  
    }  
}

 

The resulting picture is as follows:

 

As shown in the figure above, we can clearly see the difference between them:

getName ---- "entity name" ---- com.se7en.test.Main

getSimpleName ---- "short name of the underlying class" ---- Main