JShell: Fails compilation: new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()

jshell> new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()
| Error:
| illegal start of type
| new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()
| ^
| Error:
| <identifier> expected
| new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()
| ^
| Error:
| wrong number of type arguments; required 1
| new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()
| ^
| Error:
| cannot find symbol
| symbol: class $1
| new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()
| ^
| Error:
| cannot find symbol
| symbol: variable $1
| new Object().getClass().getSuperclass()
| ^


—Dan