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Java The Thing About Strings

Posted by Mustafa Khan
Mustafa Khan
6,224 Points

Objects

In the video he uses object like a data type, but he doesn’t have an object class, so what does it mean: Object object = new Object();

1 Answer

michael lynch
michael lynch
9,560 Points

Object is a class which is built into java, he is referring to this https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html

Linda de Haan
Linda de Haan
12,413 Points
Linda de Haan
Linda de Haan
12,413 Points

Object is the superclass of all existing objects in Java. So just like you could instantiate your own classes, you can do it with Object as well.