Methods provided by object class in java

java.lang.Object is the base class of all the classes in java.

 

Object class provides number of methods that can be used by any class in java. 

 

Some of the methods provided by Object class are:

• getClass()
• hashCode()
• equals(Object o)
• toString()
• finalize()
• clone()
• wait()
• notify()
• notifyAll()

Lets see few examples

 

Given below is an example which invokes getClass() and hashCode() method on class instance.

public class TIHDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		TIHDemo t = new TIHDemo();
		System.out.println(t.getClass());
		System.out.println(t.hashCode());

	}

}

OUTPUT