What is class object in Java?

A Java class is not an object . However, every Java class has an instance of the Class class describing it. Those instances are objects.

A Class object is an instance of Class (java.lang.Class). Below quote taken from javadoc of class should answer your question. Class has no public constructor. Instead Class objects are constructed automatically by the Java Virtual Machine as classes are loaded and by calls to the defineClass method in the class loader …15 Ara 2010

Java Objects An object is called an instance of a class. For example, suppose Bicycle is a class then MountainBicycle , SportsBicycle , TouringBicycle , etc can be considered as objects of the class.

Object − Objects have states and behaviors. Example: A dog has states – color, name, breed as well as behaviors – wagging the tail, barking, eating . An object is an instance of a class. Class − A class can be defined as a template/blueprint that describes the behavior/state that the object of its type support.