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  1 /*
  2  * Copyright (c) 1994, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  4  *
  5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
  8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
  9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 10  *
 11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 15  * accompanied this code).
 16  *
 17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 20  *
 21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
 22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
 23  * questions.
 24  */
 25 
 26 package java.lang;
 27 
 28 import jdk.internal.HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate;
 29 
 30 /**
 31  * Class {@code Object} is the root of the class hierarchy.
 32  * Every class has {@code Object} as a superclass. All objects,
 33  * including arrays, implement the methods of this class.
 34  *
 35  * @author  unascribed
 36  * @see     java.lang.Class
 37  * @since   1.0
 38  */
 39 public class Object {
 40 
 41     /**
 42      * Constructs a new object.


 43      */
 44     @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
 45     public Object() {}
 46 
 47     /**
 48      * Returns the runtime class of this {@code Object}. The returned
 49      * {@code Class} object is the object that is locked by {@code
 50      * static synchronized} methods of the represented class.
 51      *
 52      * <p><b>The actual result type is {@code Class<? extends |X|>}
 53      * where {@code |X|} is the erasure of the static type of the
 54      * expression on which {@code getClass} is called.</b> For
 55      * example, no cast is required in this code fragment:</p>
 56      *
 57      * <p>
 58      * {@code Number n = 0;                             }<br>
 59      * {@code Class<? extends Number> c = n.getClass(); }
 60      * </p>
 61      *
 62      * @return The {@code Class} object that represents the runtime

  1 /*
  2  * Copyright (c) 1994, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  4  *
  5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
  8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
  9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 10  *
 11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 15  * accompanied this code).
 16  *
 17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 20  *
 21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
 22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
 23  * questions.
 24  */
 25 
 26 package java.lang;
 27 
 28 import jdk.internal.HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate;
 29 
 30 /**
 31  * Class {@code Object} is the root of the class hierarchy.
 32  * Every class has {@code Object} as a superclass. All objects,
 33  * including arrays, implement the methods of this class.
 34  *
 35  * @author  unascribed
 36  * @see     java.lang.Class
 37  * @since   1.0
 38  */
 39 public class Object {
 40 
 41     /**
 42      * Constructs a new object.
 43      * @apiNote {@link IdentityObject#newIdentity new IdentityObject.newIdentity()}
 44      * should be used instead of {@code new Object()}.
 45      */
 46     @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
 47     public Object() {}
 48 
 49     /**
 50      * Returns the runtime class of this {@code Object}. The returned
 51      * {@code Class} object is the object that is locked by {@code
 52      * static synchronized} methods of the represented class.
 53      *
 54      * <p><b>The actual result type is {@code Class<? extends |X|>}
 55      * where {@code |X|} is the erasure of the static type of the
 56      * expression on which {@code getClass} is called.</b> For
 57      * example, no cast is required in this code fragment:</p>
 58      *
 59      * <p>
 60      * {@code Number n = 0;                             }<br>
 61      * {@code Class<? extends Number> c = n.getClass(); }
 62      * </p>
 63      *
 64      * @return The {@code Class} object that represents the runtime
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