getClass method Java with array types

The toString method of Class invokes the getName method of Class which

Returns the name of the entity (class, interface, array class, primitive type, or void) represented by this Class object, as a String. If this class object represents a reference type that is not an array type then the binary name of the class is returned, as specified by The Java™ Language Specification.

If this class object represents a primitive type or void, then the name returned is a String equal to the Java language keyword corresponding to the primitive type or void.

If this class object represents a class of arrays, then the internal form of the name consists of the name of the element type preceded by one or more '[' characters representing the depth of the array nesting. The encoding of element type names is as follows:

 Element Type           Encoding
 boolean                Z
 byte                   B
 char                   C
 class or interface     Lclassname;
 double                 D
 float                  F
 int                    I
 long                   J
 short                  S 

The class or interface name classname is the binary name of the class specified above.

Examples:

 String.class.getName()
     returns "java.lang.String"
 byte.class.getName()
     returns "byte"
 (new Object[3]).getClass().getName()
     returns "[Ljava.lang.Object;"
 (new int[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]).getClass().getName()
     returns "[[[[[[[I"

It's just some stupid naming convention. Would been much better if they are more humanly readable: class byte[] , class java.lang.Integert[][]

Those are the names of the underlying type object. The [ indicates it's an array, and the following letter indicates the array type. B=byte, I=integer, D=double, etc. "L" is for class type members as you can see.