PPT Slide
- The root of the class hierarchy
- getClass() returns the object of type Class that represents the runtime class of the object.
- hashCode() returns a unique hash value
- equals() checks equality of objects
- clone() makes a shallow copy
- toString() returns a string representation
- finalize() is called by the garbage
public final Class getClass();
public boolean equals(Object obj);
protected Object clone();
public String toString();
protected void finalize();
// Thread methods, explained later
public final void notify()
public final void notifyAll()
public final void wait(long)
public final void wait(long,int)