# Kotlin Reflection: Class references

DevFeed: [Kotlin Reflection: Class references](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kotlin-reflection-class-references-39215.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kt.academy/article/ak-reflection-class>)

Published: 2023-10-23T00:15:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kt. Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kt-academy.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [class](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/class.md>)

Tags: [class](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/class.md>), [example](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/example.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [object](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object.md>), [practical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/practical.md>), [workshop-learning-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop-learning-programming.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on Kotlin class references, covering class names, type characteristics, visibility, members, and declared members, with a practical object serialization example.

## Source excerpt

All the essential aspects of class references, and a practical object serialization example.