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public class Object is the root of the Class hierarchy. Every java class has Object as its ultimate parent and so any object (object with a small o is any instance of any class) can use methods of Object
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Methods of Object (used as object.Method()) include:
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clone() Creates a clone of the object
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equals(another object) compares two objects returning boolean answer
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getClass() returns a descriptor of type Class (a child of Object) defining class of object
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toString() returns a String which represents "value" of object. It is expected that each subclass will override this method
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wait() in various forms is used to cause threads to wait
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finalize() contains code to perform when object is deleted by system (I.e. garbage collected)
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