How to determine class type in static initialization block

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Is there a way to determine the class type, i.e. retrieve a Class object for the class being loade, in static initialization block? I want to use reflection to determine if my subclasses have certain capabilities. I know the proper way to do this would be to use interfaces but, for backwards compatibility, that is not possible at this time.

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During static initialization, the subclasses of your class can't be loaded yet; a class can't be loaded until its parent is.

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In fact, a class doesn't know anything about its subclasses, and gets loaded once, not matter how many subclasses exist.

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