final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());

final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(my.package.name.MyClass.class);

String.getClass()

Object o = new String();
o.getClass() // returns Class<String>
Object.class // returns Class<Object>

public class Object {

    public static Class<?> getClass2() {
        return ...?
    }

}

Class<?> cl=new Object(){}.getClass().getEnclosingClass();

static class Bar {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Class<?> cl=new Object(){}.getClass().getEnclosingClass();
        System.out.println(cl==Bar.class);  //will print true
    }
}

Interface foo = new FooImpl();
foo.getClass(); // returns Class<FooImpl> because the runtime type is FooImpl.
                // If getClass() was static, it would return Class<Foo>.

static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(); // auto detect caller class