Java Package getName() Method

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Description

The Java Package getName() method returns the name of this package.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Package.getName() method

public String getName()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the fully-qualified name of this package as defined in the Java Language Specification, Third Edition 6.5.3, for example, java.lang

Exception

NA

Getting Name of java.lang Package Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Package.getName() method. In this program, we've created a Package variable and assigned it java.lang package object. Then using getName() method, name of the package is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class PackageDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // get the java package
      Package pack = Package.getPackage("java.lang");

      // print the package name
      System.out.println(pack.getName());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

java.lang

Getting Name of Custom Package Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Package.getName() method. In this program, we've created a Package variable and assigned it com.tutorialspoint package object. Then using getName() method, name of the package is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class PackageDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // get the java package
      Package pack = Package.getPackage("com.tutorialspoint");

      // print the package name
      System.out.println(pack.getName());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

com.tutorialspoint

Getting Name of java.util Package Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Package.getName() method. In this program, we've created a Package variable and assigned it java.util package object. Then using getName() method, name of the package is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class PackageDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // get the java package
      Package pack = Package.getPackage("java.util");

      // print the package name
      System.out.println(pack.getName());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

java.util