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All objects, 35 * including arrays, implement the methods of this class. 36 * 37 * @see java.lang.Class 38 * @since 1.0 39 */ 40 public class Object { 41 42 /** 43 * Constructs a new object. 44 */ 45 @IntrinsicCandidate 46 public Object() {} 47 48 /** 49 * Returns the runtime class of this {@code Object}. The returned 50 * {@code Class} object is the object that is locked by {@code 51 * static synchronized} methods of the represented class. 52 * 53 * <p><b>The actual result type is {@code Class<? extends |X|>} 54 * where {@code |X|} is the erasure of the static type of the 55 * expression on which {@code getClass} is called.</b> For 56 * example, no cast is required in this code fragment:</p> 57 * 58 * <p> 59 * {@code Number n = 0; }<br> 60 * {@code Class<? extends Number> c = n.getClass(); } 61 * </p> 62 * 63 * @return The {@code Class} object that represents the runtime 64 * class of this object. 65 * @jls 15.8.2 Class Literals 66 */ 67 @IntrinsicCandidate 68 public final native Class<?> getClass(); 69 70 /** 71 * {@return a hash code value for this object} This method is 72 * supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by 73 * {@link java.util.HashMap}. 74 * <p> 75 * The general contract of {@code hashCode} is: 76 * <ul> 77 * <li>Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during 78 * an execution of a Java application, the {@code hashCode} method 79 * must consistently return the same integer, provided no information 80 * used in {@code equals} comparisons on the object is modified. 81 * This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an 82 * application to another execution of the same application. 83 * <li>If two objects are equal according to the {@link 84 * #equals(Object) equals} method, then calling the {@code 85 * hashCode} method on each of the two objects must produce the 86 * same integer result. 87 * <li>It is <em>not</em> required that if two objects are unequal 88 * according to the {@link #equals(Object) equals} method, then 89 * calling the {@code hashCode} method on each of the two objects 90 * must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer 91 * should be aware that producing distinct integer results for 92 * unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables. 93 * </ul> 94 * 95 * @implSpec 96 * As far as is reasonably practical, the {@code hashCode} method defined 97 * by class {@code Object} returns distinct integers for distinct objects. 98 * 99 * @apiNote 100 * The {@link java.util.Objects#hash(Object...) hash} and {@link 101 * java.util.Objects#hashCode(Object) hashCode} methods of {@link 102 * java.util.Objects} can be used to help construct simple hash codes. 103 * 104 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object) 105 * @see java.lang.System#identityHashCode 106 */ 107 @IntrinsicCandidate 108 public native int hashCode(); 109 110 /** 111 * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. 112 * <p> 113 * The {@code equals} method implements an equivalence relation 114 * on non-null object references: 115 * <ul> 116 * <li>It is <i>reflexive</i>: for any non-null reference value 117 * {@code x}, {@code x.equals(x)} should return 118 * {@code true}. 119 * <li>It is <i>symmetric</i>: for any non-null reference values 120 * {@code x} and {@code y}, {@code x.equals(y)} 121 * should return {@code true} if and only if 122 * {@code y.equals(x)} returns {@code true}. 123 * <li>It is <i>transitive</i>: for any non-null reference values 124 * {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z}, if 125 * {@code x.equals(y)} returns {@code true} and 126 * {@code y.equals(z)} returns {@code true}, then 127 * {@code x.equals(z)} should return {@code true}. 128 * <li>It is <i>consistent</i>: for any non-null reference values 129 * {@code x} and {@code y}, multiple invocations of 130 * {@code x.equals(y)} consistently return {@code true} 131 * or consistently return {@code false}, provided no 132 * information used in {@code equals} comparisons on the 133 * objects is modified. 134 * <li>For any non-null reference value {@code x}, 135 * {@code x.equals(null)} should return {@code false}. 136 * </ul> 137 * 138 * <p> 139 * An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on 140 * into <i>equivalence classes</i>; all the members of an 141 * equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an 142 * equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least 143 * for some purposes. 144 * 145 * @implSpec 146 * The {@code equals} method for class {@code Object} implements 147 * the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects; 148 * that is, for any non-null reference values {@code x} and 149 * {@code y}, this method returns {@code true} if and only 150 * if {@code x} and {@code y} refer to the same object 151 * ({@code x == y} has the value {@code true}). 152 * 153 * In other words, under the reference equality equivalence 154 * relation, each equivalence class only has a single element. 155 * 156 * @apiNote 157 * It is generally necessary to override the {@link #hashCode() hashCode} 158 * method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the 159 * general contract for the {@code hashCode} method, which states 160 * that equal objects must have equal hash codes. 161 * <p>The two-argument {@link java.util.Objects#equals(Object, 162 * Object) Objects.equals} method implements an equivalence relation 163 * on two possibly-null object references. 164 * 165 * @param obj the reference object with which to compare. 166 * @return {@code true} if this object is the same as the obj 167 * argument; {@code false} otherwise. 168 * @see #hashCode() 169 * @see java.util.HashMap 170 */ 171 public boolean equals(Object obj) { 172 return (this == obj); 173 } 174 175 /** 176 * Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning 177 * of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general 178 * intent is that, for any object {@code x}, the expression: 179 * <blockquote> 180 * <pre> 181 * x.clone() != x</pre></blockquote> 182 * will be true, and that the expression: 183 * <blockquote> 184 * <pre> 185 * x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()</pre></blockquote> 186 * will be {@code true}, but these are not absolute requirements. 187 * While it is typically the case that: 188 * <blockquote> 189 * <pre> 190 * x.clone().equals(x)</pre></blockquote> 191 * will be {@code true}, this is not an absolute requirement. 192 * <p> 193 * By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling 194 * {@code super.clone}. If a class and all of its superclasses (except 195 * {@code Object}) obey this convention, it will be the case that 196 * {@code x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()}. 197 * <p> 198 * By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent 199 * of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, 200 * it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned 201 * by {@code super.clone} before returning it. Typically, this means 202 * copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" 203 * of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these 204 * objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only 205 * primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually 206 * the case that no fields in the object returned by {@code super.clone} 207 * need to be modified. 208 * 209 * @implSpec 210 * The method {@code clone} for class {@code Object} performs a 211 * specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does 212 * not implement the interface {@code Cloneable}, then a 213 * {@code CloneNotSupportedException} is thrown. Note that all arrays 214 * are considered to implement the interface {@code Cloneable} and that 215 * the return type of the {@code clone} method of an array type {@code T[]} 216 * is {@code T[]} where T is any reference or primitive type. 217 * Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this 218 * object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of 219 * the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the 220 * contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method 221 * performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation. 222 * <p> 223 * The class {@code Object} does not itself implement the interface 224 * {@code Cloneable}, so calling the {@code clone} method on an object 225 * whose class is {@code Object} will result in throwing an 226 * exception at run time. 227 * 228 * @return a clone of this instance. 229 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if the object's class does not 230 * support the {@code Cloneable} interface. Subclasses 231 * that override the {@code clone} method can also 232 * throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot 233 * be cloned. 234 * @see java.lang.Cloneable 235 */ 236 @IntrinsicCandidate 237 protected native Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException; 238 239 /** 240 * {@return a string representation of the object} 241 * @apiNote 242 * In general, the 243 * {@code toString} method returns a string that 244 * "textually represents" this object. The result should 245 * be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a 246 * person to read. 247 * It is recommended that all subclasses override this method. 248 * The string output is not necessarily stable over time or across 249 * JVM invocations. 250 * @implSpec 251 * The {@code toString} method for class {@code Object} 252 * returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the 253 * object is an instance, the at-sign character `{@code @}', and 254 * the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the 255 * object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the 256 * value of: 257 * {@snippet lang=java : 258 * getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode()) 259 * } 260 * The {@link java.util.Objects#toIdentityString(Object) 261 * Objects.toIdentityString} method returns the string for an 262 * object equal to the string that would be returned if neither 263 * the {@code toString} nor {@code hashCode} methods were 264 * overridden by the object's class. 265 */ 266 public String toString() { 267 return getClass().getName() + "@" + Integer.toHexString(hashCode()); 268 } 269 270 /** 271 * Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's 272 * monitor. If any threads are waiting on this object, one of them 273 * is chosen to be awakened. The choice is arbitrary and occurs at 274 * the discretion of the implementation. A thread waits on an object's 275 * monitor by calling one of the {@code wait} methods. 276 * <p> 277 * The awakened thread will not be able to proceed until the current 278 * thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened thread will 279 * compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might be 280 * actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, the 281 * awakened thread enjoys no reliable privilege or disadvantage in being 282 * the next thread to lock this object. 283 * <p> 284 * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner 285 * of this object's monitor. A thread becomes the owner of the 286 * object's monitor in one of three ways: 287 * <ul> 288 * <li>By executing a synchronized instance method of that object. 289 * <li>By executing the body of a {@code synchronized} statement 290 * that synchronizes on the object. 291 * <li>For objects of type {@code Class,} by executing a 292 * static synchronized method of that class. 293 * </ul> 294 * <p> 295 * Only one thread at a time can own an object's monitor. 296 * 297 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 298 * the owner of this object's monitor. 299 * @see java.lang.Object#notifyAll() 300 * @see java.lang.Object#wait() 301 */ 302 @IntrinsicCandidate 303 public final native void notify(); 304 305 /** 306 * Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. A 307 * thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the 308 * {@code wait} methods. 309 * <p> 310 * The awakened threads will not be able to proceed until the current 311 * thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened threads 312 * will compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might 313 * be actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, 314 * the awakened threads enjoy no reliable privilege or disadvantage in 315 * being the next thread to lock this object. 316 * <p> 317 * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner 318 * of this object's monitor. See the {@code notify} method for a 319 * description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of 320 * a monitor. 321 * 322 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 323 * the owner of this object's monitor. 324 * @see java.lang.Object#notify() 325 * @see java.lang.Object#wait() 326 */ 327 @IntrinsicCandidate 328 public final native void notifyAll(); 329 330 /** 331 * Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically 332 * by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>. 333 * <p> 334 * In all respects, this method behaves as if {@code wait(0L, 0)} 335 * had been called. See the specification of the {@link #wait(long, int)} method 336 * for details. 337 * 338 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 339 * the owner of the object's monitor 340 * @throws InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the current thread before or 341 * while the current thread was waiting. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the 342 * current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown. 343 * @see #notify() 344 * @see #notifyAll() 345 * @see #wait(long) 346 * @see #wait(long, int) 347 */ 348 public final void wait() throws InterruptedException { 349 wait(0L); 350 } 351 352 /** 353 * Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically 354 * by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a 355 * certain amount of real time has elapsed. 356 * <p> 357 * In all respects, this method behaves as if {@code wait(timeoutMillis, 0)} 358 * had been called. See the specification of the {@link #wait(long, int)} method 359 * for details. 360 * 361 * @param timeoutMillis the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds 362 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code timeoutMillis} is negative 363 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 364 * the owner of the object's monitor 365 * @throws InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the current thread before or 366 * while the current thread was waiting. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the 367 * current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown. 368 * @see #notify() 369 * @see #notifyAll() 370 * @see #wait() 371 * @see #wait(long, int) 372 */ 373 public final void wait(long timeoutMillis) throws InterruptedException { 374 if (!Thread.currentThread().isVirtual()) { 375 wait0(timeoutMillis); 376 return; 377 } 378 379 // virtual thread waiting 380 VirtualThreadPinnedEvent event; 381 try { 382 event = new VirtualThreadPinnedEvent(); 383 event.begin(); 384 } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) { 385 event = null; 386 } 387 long comp = Blocker.begin(); 388 try { 389 wait0(timeoutMillis); 390 } catch (InterruptedException e) { 391 // virtual thread's interrupt status needs to be cleared 392 Thread.currentThread().getAndClearInterrupt(); 393 throw e; 394 } finally { 395 Blocker.end(comp); 396 if (event != null) { 397 try { 398 event.commit(); 399 } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) { 400 // ignore 401 } 402 } 403 } 404 } 405 406 // final modifier so method not in vtable 407 private final native void wait0(long timeoutMillis) throws InterruptedException; 408 409 /** 410 * Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically 411 * by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a 412 * certain amount of real time has elapsed. 413 * <p> 414 * The current thread must own this object's monitor lock. See the 415 * {@link #notify notify} method for a description of the ways in which 416 * a thread can become the owner of a monitor lock. 417 * <p> 418 * This method causes the current thread (referred to here as <var>T</var>) to 419 * place itself in the wait set for this object and then to relinquish any 420 * and all synchronization claims on this object. Note that only the locks 421 * on this object are relinquished; any other objects on which the current 422 * thread may be synchronized remain locked while the thread waits. 423 * <p> 424 * Thread <var>T</var> then becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes 425 * and lies dormant until one of the following occurs: 426 * <ul> 427 * <li>Some other thread invokes the {@code notify} method for this 428 * object and thread <var>T</var> happens to be arbitrarily chosen as 429 * the thread to be awakened. 430 * <li>Some other thread invokes the {@code notifyAll} method for this 431 * object. 432 * <li>Some other thread {@linkplain Thread#interrupt() interrupts} 433 * thread <var>T</var>. 434 * <li>The specified amount of real time has elapsed, more or less. 435 * The amount of real time, in nanoseconds, is given by the expression 436 * {@code 1000000 * timeoutMillis + nanos}. If {@code timeoutMillis} and {@code nanos} 437 * are both zero, then real time is not taken into consideration and the 438 * thread waits until awakened by one of the other causes. 439 * <li>Thread <var>T</var> is awakened spuriously. (See below.) 440 * </ul> 441 * <p> 442 * The thread <var>T</var> is then removed from the wait set for this 443 * object and re-enabled for thread scheduling. It competes in the 444 * usual manner with other threads for the right to synchronize on the 445 * object; once it has regained control of the object, all its 446 * synchronization claims on the object are restored to the status quo 447 * ante - that is, to the situation as of the time that the {@code wait} 448 * method was invoked. Thread <var>T</var> then returns from the 449 * invocation of the {@code wait} method. Thus, on return from the 450 * {@code wait} method, the synchronization state of the object and of 451 * thread {@code T} is exactly as it was when the {@code wait} method 452 * was invoked. 453 * <p> 454 * A thread can wake up without being notified, interrupted, or timing out, a 455 * so-called <em>spurious wakeup</em>. While this will rarely occur in practice, 456 * applications must guard against it by testing for the condition that should 457 * have caused the thread to be awakened, and continuing to wait if the condition 458 * is not satisfied. See the example below. 459 * <p> 460 * For more information on this topic, see section 14.2, 461 * "Condition Queues," in Brian Goetz and others' <cite>Java Concurrency 462 * in Practice</cite> (Addison-Wesley, 2006) or Item 81 in Joshua 463 * Bloch's <cite>Effective Java, Third Edition</cite> (Addison-Wesley, 464 * 2018). 465 * <p> 466 * If the current thread is {@linkplain java.lang.Thread#interrupt() interrupted} 467 * by any thread before or while it is waiting, then an {@code InterruptedException} 468 * is thrown. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the current thread is cleared when 469 * this exception is thrown. This exception is not thrown until the lock status of 470 * this object has been restored as described above. 471 * 472 * @apiNote 473 * The recommended approach to waiting is to check the condition being awaited in 474 * a {@code while} loop around the call to {@code wait}, as shown in the example 475 * below. Among other things, this approach avoids problems that can be caused 476 * by spurious wakeups. 477 * 478 * {@snippet lang=java : 479 * synchronized (obj) { 480 * while ( <condition does not hold and timeout not exceeded> ) { 481 * long timeoutMillis = ... ; // recompute timeout values 482 * int nanos = ... ; 483 * obj.wait(timeoutMillis, nanos); 484 * } 485 * ... // Perform action appropriate to condition or timeout 486 * } 487 * } 488 * 489 * @param timeoutMillis the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds 490 * @param nanos additional time, in nanoseconds, in the range 0-999999 inclusive 491 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code timeoutMillis} is negative, 492 * or if the value of {@code nanos} is out of range 493 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 494 * the owner of the object's monitor 495 * @throws InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the current thread before or 496 * while the current thread was waiting. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the 497 * current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown. 498 * @see #notify() 499 * @see #notifyAll() 500 * @see #wait() 501 * @see #wait(long) 502 */ 503 public final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) throws InterruptedException { 504 if (timeoutMillis < 0) { 505 throw new IllegalArgumentException("timeoutMillis value is negative"); 506 } 507 508 if (nanos < 0 || nanos > 999999) { 509 throw new IllegalArgumentException( 510 "nanosecond timeout value out of range"); 511 } 512 513 if (nanos > 0 && timeoutMillis < Long.MAX_VALUE) { 514 timeoutMillis++; 515 } 516 517 wait(timeoutMillis); 518 } 519 520 /** 521 * Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection 522 * determines that there are no more references to the object. 523 * A subclass overrides the {@code finalize} method to dispose of 524 * system resources or to perform other cleanup. 525 * <p> 526 * <b>When running in a Java virtual machine in which finalization has been 527 * disabled or removed, the garbage collector will never call 528 * {@code finalize()}. In a Java virtual machine in which finalization is 529 * enabled, the garbage collector might call {@code finalize} only after an 530 * indefinite delay.</b> 531 * <p> 532 * The general contract of {@code finalize} is that it is invoked 533 * if and when the Java virtual 534 * machine has determined that there is no longer any 535 * means by which this object can be accessed by any thread that has 536 * not yet died, except as a result of an action taken by the 537 * finalization of some other object or class which is ready to be 538 * finalized. The {@code finalize} method may take any action, including 539 * making this object available again to other threads; the usual purpose 540 * of {@code finalize}, however, is to perform cleanup actions before 541 * the object is irrevocably discarded. For example, the finalize method 542 * for an object that represents an input/output connection might perform 543 * explicit I/O transactions to break the connection before the object is 544 * permanently discarded. 545 * <p> 546 * The {@code finalize} method of class {@code Object} performs no 547 * special action; it simply returns normally. Subclasses of 548 * {@code Object} may override this definition. 549 * <p> 550 * The Java programming language does not guarantee which thread will 551 * invoke the {@code finalize} method for any given object. It is 552 * guaranteed, however, that the thread that invokes finalize will not 553 * be holding any user-visible synchronization locks when finalize is 554 * invoked. If an uncaught exception is thrown by the finalize method, 555 * the exception is ignored and finalization of that object terminates. 556 * <p> 557 * After the {@code finalize} method has been invoked for an object, no 558 * further action is taken until the Java virtual machine has again 559 * determined that there is no longer any means by which this object can 560 * be accessed by any thread that has not yet died, including possible 561 * actions by other objects or classes which are ready to be finalized, 562 * at which point the object may be discarded. 563 * <p> 564 * The {@code finalize} method is never invoked more than once by a Java 565 * virtual machine for any given object. 566 * <p> 567 * Any exception thrown by the {@code finalize} method causes 568 * the finalization of this object to be halted, but is otherwise 569 * ignored. 570 * 571 * @apiNote 572 * Classes that embed non-heap resources have many options 573 * for cleanup of those resources. The class must ensure that the 574 * lifetime of each instance is longer than that of any resource it embeds. 575 * {@link java.lang.ref.Reference#reachabilityFence} can be used to ensure that 576 * objects remain reachable while resources embedded in the object are in use. 577 * <p> 578 * A subclass should avoid overriding the {@code finalize} method 579 * unless the subclass embeds non-heap resources that must be cleaned up 580 * before the instance is collected. 581 * Finalizer invocations are not automatically chained, unlike constructors. 582 * If a subclass overrides {@code finalize} it must invoke the superclass 583 * finalizer explicitly. 584 * To guard against exceptions prematurely terminating the finalize chain, 585 * the subclass should use a {@code try-finally} block to ensure 586 * {@code super.finalize()} is always invoked. For example, 587 * {@snippet lang="java": 588 * @Override 589 * protected void finalize() throws Throwable { 590 * try { 591 * ... // cleanup subclass state 592 * } finally { 593 * super.finalize(); 594 * } 595 * } 596 * } 597 * 598 * @deprecated Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future 599 * release. The use of finalization can lead to problems with security, 600 * performance, and reliability. 601 * See <a href="https://openjdk.org/jeps/421">JEP 421</a> for 602 * discussion and alternatives. 603 * <p> 604 * Subclasses that override {@code finalize} to perform cleanup should use 605 * alternative cleanup mechanisms and remove the {@code finalize} method. 606 * Use {@link java.lang.ref.Cleaner} and 607 * {@link java.lang.ref.PhantomReference} as safer ways to release resources 608 * when an object becomes unreachable. Alternatively, add a {@code close} 609 * method to explicitly release resources, and implement 610 * {@code AutoCloseable} to enable use of the {@code try}-with-resources 611 * statement. 612 * <p> 613 * This method will remain in place until finalizers have been removed from 614 * most existing code. 615 * 616 * @throws Throwable the {@code Exception} raised by this method 617 * @see java.lang.ref.WeakReference 618 * @see java.lang.ref.PhantomReference 619 * @jls 12.6 Finalization of Class Instances 620 */ 621 @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true) 622 protected void finalize() throws Throwable { } 623 }