Can a Java class be an object and an object a class?

Question

Could it Classbe Objectin Java?

I believe that it Classis a plan to create a new one Objects, but at the same time, classes can have static variables and static methods that are called without an instance of the class (object).

And vice versa, can it Objectbe Class?

Answer 1

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