What is the class Object?

[javanb]

Just created my first Hello.java program as part of the tutorial and I noticed that in the "Hierarchy" view in Eclipse the class "Hello" is derived from a class named "Object".

What is this class and what does it provide?

[tashimoto]

Search engines are your friend! :)

Object (Java Platform SE 6)

You can do a quick search of any java "object" and view its hierarchy: for example searching "java String" will give you this link: String (Java Platform SE 6)

Hope this helps! :)
Chris

[javanb]

Hope this helps! :)

You bet it helps. Thank you very much, Chris.

Search engines are your friend!

I know. I found this forum through Google. :)

Object (Java Platform SE 6)

So I now understand that every class has Object as a base class. This is great but I noticed that Object has several wait() methods, which means every class have these methods?

If so, why would a String class need a wait() method?

If this is part of an entire concept or design philosophy in which even a basic type needs to control program/thread execution, where do I learn more about this?

[tashimoto]

If you're still looking for answers about the Object Class, a book that has been mentioned on here (I can't remember who posted it) is an O'Reilly book called Head First Java. It starts to explain about the Object class in chapter 8 Interfaces and Polymorphism.

:)