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All objects, 34 * including arrays, implement the methods of this class. 35 * <p> 36 * Subclasses of {@code java.lang.Object} can be either an {@linkplain Class#isIdentity identity class} 37 * or a {@linkplain Class#isValue value class}. 38 * See {@jls The Java Language Specification 8.1.1.5 value Classes}. 39 * 40 * @see java.lang.Class 41 * @since 1.0 42 */ 43 public class Object { 44 45 /** 46 * Constructs a new object. 47 */ 48 @IntrinsicCandidate 49 public Object() {} 50 51 /** 52 * Returns the runtime class of this {@code Object}. The returned 53 * {@code Class} object is the object that is locked by {@code 54 * static synchronized} methods of the represented class. 55 * 56 * <p><b>The actual result type is {@code Class<? extends |X|>} 57 * where {@code |X|} is the erasure of the static type of the 58 * expression on which {@code getClass} is called.</b> For 59 * example, no cast is required in this code fragment:</p> 60 * 61 * <p> 62 * {@code Number n = 0; }<br> 63 * {@code Class<? extends Number> c = n.getClass(); } 64 * </p> 65 * 66 * @return The {@code Class} object that represents the runtime 67 * class of this object. 68 * @jls 15.8.2 Class Literals 69 */ 70 @IntrinsicCandidate 71 public final native Class<?> getClass(); 72 73 /** 74 * {@return a hash code value for this object} This method is 75 * supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by 76 * {@link java.util.HashMap}. 77 * <p> 78 * The general contract of {@code hashCode} is: 79 * <ul> 80 * <li>Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during 81 * an execution of a Java application, the {@code hashCode} method 82 * must consistently return the same integer, provided no information 83 * used in {@code equals} comparisons on the object is modified. 84 * This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an 85 * application to another execution of the same application. 86 * <li>If two objects are equal according to the {@link 87 * #equals(Object) equals} method, then calling the {@code 88 * hashCode} method on each of the two objects must produce the 89 * same integer result. 90 * <li>It is <em>not</em> required that if two objects are unequal 91 * according to the {@link #equals(Object) equals} method, then 92 * calling the {@code hashCode} method on each of the two objects 93 * must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer 94 * should be aware that producing distinct integer results for 95 * unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables. 96 * </ul> 97 * 98 * @implSpec 99 * As far as is reasonably practical, the {@code hashCode} method defined 100 * by class {@code Object} returns distinct integers for distinct objects. 101 * 102 * @apiNote 103 * The {@link java.util.Objects#hash(Object...) hash} and {@link 104 * java.util.Objects#hashCode(Object) hashCode} methods of {@link 105 * java.util.Objects} can be used to help construct simple hash codes. 106 * 107 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object) 108 * @see java.lang.System#identityHashCode 109 */ 110 @IntrinsicCandidate 111 public native int hashCode(); 112 113 /** 114 * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. 115 * <p> 116 * The {@code equals} method implements an <dfn>{@index "equivalence relation"}</dfn> 117 * on non-null object references: 118 * <ul> 119 * <li>It is <i>reflexive</i>: for any non-null reference value 120 * {@code x}, {@code x.equals(x)} should return 121 * {@code true}. 122 * <li>It is <i>symmetric</i>: for any non-null reference values 123 * {@code x} and {@code y}, {@code x.equals(y)} 124 * should return {@code true} if and only if 125 * {@code y.equals(x)} returns {@code true}. 126 * <li>It is <i>transitive</i>: for any non-null reference values 127 * {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z}, if 128 * {@code x.equals(y)} returns {@code true} and 129 * {@code y.equals(z)} returns {@code true}, then 130 * {@code x.equals(z)} should return {@code true}. 131 * <li>It is <i>consistent</i>: for any non-null reference values 132 * {@code x} and {@code y}, multiple invocations of 133 * {@code x.equals(y)} consistently return {@code true} 134 * or consistently return {@code false}, provided no 135 * information used in {@code equals} comparisons on the 136 * objects is modified. 137 * <li>For any non-null reference value {@code x}, 138 * {@code x.equals(null)} should return {@code false}. 139 * </ul> 140 * 141 * <p> 142 * An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on 143 * into <i>equivalence classes</i>; all the members of an 144 * equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an 145 * equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least 146 * for some purposes. 147 * 148 * @implSpec 149 * The {@code equals} method for class {@code Object} implements 150 * the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects; 151 * that is, for any non-null reference values {@code x} and 152 * {@code y}, this method returns {@code true} if and only 153 * if {@code x} and {@code y} refer to the same object 154 * ({@code x == y} has the value {@code true}). 155 * 156 * In other words, under the reference equality equivalence 157 * relation, each equivalence class only has a single element. 158 * 159 * @apiNote 160 * It is generally necessary to override the {@link #hashCode() hashCode} 161 * method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the 162 * general contract for the {@code hashCode} method, which states 163 * that equal objects must have equal hash codes. 164 * <p>The two-argument {@link java.util.Objects#equals(Object, 165 * Object) Objects.equals} method implements an equivalence relation 166 * on two possibly-null object references. 167 * 168 * @param obj the reference object with which to compare. 169 * @return {@code true} if this object is the same as the obj 170 * argument; {@code false} otherwise. 171 * @see #hashCode() 172 * @see java.util.HashMap 173 */ 174 public boolean equals(Object obj) { 175 return (this == obj); 176 } 177 178 /** 179 * Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning 180 * of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general 181 * intent is that, for any object {@code x}, the expression: 182 * <blockquote> 183 * <pre> 184 * x.clone() != x</pre></blockquote> 185 * will be true, and that the expression: 186 * <blockquote> 187 * <pre> 188 * x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()</pre></blockquote> 189 * will be {@code true}, but these are not absolute requirements. 190 * While it is typically the case that: 191 * <blockquote> 192 * <pre> 193 * x.clone().equals(x)</pre></blockquote> 194 * will be {@code true}, this is not an absolute requirement. 195 * <p> 196 * By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling 197 * {@code super.clone}. If a class and all of its superclasses (except 198 * {@code Object}) obey this convention, it will be the case that 199 * {@code x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()}. 200 * <p> 201 * By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent 202 * of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, 203 * it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned 204 * by {@code super.clone} before returning it. Typically, this means 205 * copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" 206 * of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these 207 * objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only 208 * primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually 209 * the case that no fields in the object returned by {@code super.clone} 210 * need to be modified. 211 * 212 * @implSpec 213 * The method {@code clone} for class {@code Object} performs a 214 * specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does 215 * not implement the interface {@code Cloneable}, then a 216 * {@code CloneNotSupportedException} is thrown. Note that all arrays 217 * are considered to implement the interface {@code Cloneable} and that 218 * the return type of the {@code clone} method of an array type {@code T[]} 219 * is {@code T[]} where T is any reference or primitive type. 220 * Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this 221 * object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of 222 * the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the 223 * contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method 224 * performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation. 225 * <p> 226 * The class {@code Object} does not itself implement the interface 227 * {@code Cloneable}, so calling the {@code clone} method on an object 228 * whose class is {@code Object} will result in throwing an 229 * exception at run time. 230 * 231 * @return a clone of this instance. 232 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if the object's class does not 233 * support the {@code Cloneable} interface. Subclasses 234 * that override the {@code clone} method can also 235 * throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot 236 * be cloned. 237 * @see java.lang.Cloneable 238 */ 239 @IntrinsicCandidate 240 protected native Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException; 241 242 /** 243 * {@return a string representation of the object} 244 * 245 * Satisfying this method's contract implies a non-{@code null} 246 * result must be returned. 247 * 248 * @apiNote 249 * In general, the 250 * {@code toString} method returns a string that 251 * "textually represents" this object. The result should 252 * be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a 253 * person to read. 254 * It is recommended that all subclasses override this method. 255 * The string output is not necessarily stable over time or across 256 * JVM invocations. 257 * @implSpec 258 * The {@code toString} method for class {@code Object} 259 * returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the 260 * object is an instance, the at-sign character `{@code @}', and 261 * the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the 262 * object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the 263 * value of: 264 * {@snippet lang=java : 265 * getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode()) 266 * } 267 * The {@link java.util.Objects#toIdentityString(Object) 268 * Objects.toIdentityString} method returns the string for an 269 * object equal to the string that would be returned if neither 270 * the {@code toString} nor {@code hashCode} methods were 271 * overridden by the object's class. 272 */ 273 public String toString() { 274 return getClass().getName() + "@" + Integer.toHexString(hashCode()); 275 } 276 277 /** 278 * Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's 279 * monitor. If any threads are waiting on this object, one of them 280 * is chosen to be awakened. The choice is arbitrary and occurs at 281 * the discretion of the implementation. A thread waits on an object's 282 * monitor by calling one of the {@code wait} methods. 283 * <p> 284 * The awakened thread will not be able to proceed until the current 285 * thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened thread will 286 * compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might be 287 * actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, the 288 * awakened thread enjoys no reliable privilege or disadvantage in being 289 * the next thread to lock this object. 290 * <p> 291 * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner 292 * of this object's monitor. A thread becomes the owner of the 293 * object's monitor in one of three ways: 294 * <ul> 295 * <li>By executing a synchronized instance method of that object. 296 * <li>By executing the body of a {@code synchronized} statement 297 * that synchronizes on the object. 298 * <li>For objects of type {@code Class,} by executing a 299 * static synchronized method of that class. 300 * </ul> 301 * <p> 302 * Only one thread at a time can own an object's monitor. 303 * 304 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 305 * the owner of this object's monitor. 306 * @see java.lang.Object#notifyAll() 307 * @see java.lang.Object#wait() 308 */ 309 @IntrinsicCandidate 310 public final native void notify(); 311 312 /** 313 * Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. A 314 * thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the 315 * {@code wait} methods. 316 * <p> 317 * The awakened threads will not be able to proceed until the current 318 * thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened threads 319 * will compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might 320 * be actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, 321 * the awakened threads enjoy no reliable privilege or disadvantage in 322 * being the next thread to lock this object. 323 * <p> 324 * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner 325 * of this object's monitor. See the {@code notify} method for a 326 * description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of 327 * a monitor. 328 * 329 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 330 * the owner of this object's monitor. 331 * @see java.lang.Object#notify() 332 * @see java.lang.Object#wait() 333 */ 334 @IntrinsicCandidate 335 public final native void notifyAll(); 336 337 /** 338 * Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically 339 * by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>. 340 * <p> 341 * In all respects, this method behaves as if {@code wait(0L, 0)} 342 * had been called. See the specification of the {@link #wait(long, int)} method 343 * for details. 344 * 345 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 346 * the owner of the object's monitor 347 * @throws InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the current thread before or 348 * while the current thread was waiting. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the 349 * current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown. 350 * @see #notify() 351 * @see #notifyAll() 352 * @see #wait(long) 353 * @see #wait(long, int) 354 */ 355 public final void wait() throws InterruptedException { 356 wait(0L); 357 } 358 359 /** 360 * Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically 361 * by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a 362 * certain amount of real time has elapsed. 363 * <p> 364 * In all respects, this method behaves as if {@code wait(timeoutMillis, 0)} 365 * had been called. See the specification of the {@link #wait(long, int)} method 366 * for details. 367 * 368 * @param timeoutMillis the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds 369 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code timeoutMillis} is negative 370 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 371 * the owner of the object's monitor 372 * @throws InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the current thread before or 373 * while the current thread was waiting. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the 374 * current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown. 375 * @see #notify() 376 * @see #notifyAll() 377 * @see #wait() 378 * @see #wait(long, int) 379 */ 380 public final void wait(long timeoutMillis) throws InterruptedException { 381 if (!Thread.currentThread().isVirtual()) { 382 wait0(timeoutMillis); 383 return; 384 } 385 386 // virtual thread waiting 387 boolean attempted = 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(attempted); 396 } 397 } 398 399 // final modifier so method not in vtable 400 private final native void wait0(long timeoutMillis) throws InterruptedException; 401 402 /** 403 * Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically 404 * by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a 405 * certain amount of real time has elapsed. 406 * <p> 407 * The current thread must own this object's monitor lock. See the 408 * {@link #notify notify} method for a description of the ways in which 409 * a thread can become the owner of a monitor lock. 410 * <p> 411 * This method causes the current thread (referred to here as <var>T</var>) to 412 * place itself in the wait set for this object and then to relinquish any 413 * and all synchronization claims on this object. Note that only the locks 414 * on this object are relinquished; any other objects on which the current 415 * thread may be synchronized remain locked while the thread waits. 416 * <p> 417 * Thread <var>T</var> then becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes 418 * and lies dormant until one of the following occurs: 419 * <ul> 420 * <li>Some other thread invokes the {@code notify} method for this 421 * object and thread <var>T</var> happens to be arbitrarily chosen as 422 * the thread to be awakened. 423 * <li>Some other thread invokes the {@code notifyAll} method for this 424 * object. 425 * <li>Some other thread {@linkplain Thread#interrupt() interrupts} 426 * thread <var>T</var>. 427 * <li>The specified amount of real time has elapsed, more or less. 428 * The amount of real time, in nanoseconds, is given by the expression 429 * {@code 1000000 * timeoutMillis + nanos}. If {@code timeoutMillis} and {@code nanos} 430 * are both zero, then real time is not taken into consideration and the 431 * thread waits until awakened by one of the other causes. 432 * <li>Thread <var>T</var> is awakened spuriously. (See below.) 433 * </ul> 434 * <p> 435 * The thread <var>T</var> is then removed from the wait set for this 436 * object and re-enabled for thread scheduling. It competes in the 437 * usual manner with other threads for the right to synchronize on the 438 * object; once it has regained control of the object, all its 439 * synchronization claims on the object are restored to the status quo 440 * ante - that is, to the situation as of the time that the {@code wait} 441 * method was invoked. Thread <var>T</var> then returns from the 442 * invocation of the {@code wait} method. Thus, on return from the 443 * {@code wait} method, the synchronization state of the object and of 444 * thread {@code T} is exactly as it was when the {@code wait} method 445 * was invoked. 446 * <p> 447 * A thread can wake up without being notified, interrupted, or timing out, a 448 * so-called <em>spurious wakeup</em>. While this will rarely occur in practice, 449 * applications must guard against it by testing for the condition that should 450 * have caused the thread to be awakened, and continuing to wait if the condition 451 * is not satisfied. See the example below. 452 * <p> 453 * For more information on this topic, see section 14.2, 454 * "Condition Queues," in Brian Goetz and others' <cite>Java Concurrency 455 * in Practice</cite> (Addison-Wesley, 2006) or Item 81 in Joshua 456 * Bloch's <cite>Effective Java, Third Edition</cite> (Addison-Wesley, 457 * 2018). 458 * <p> 459 * If the current thread is {@linkplain java.lang.Thread#interrupt() interrupted} 460 * by any thread before or while it is waiting, then an {@code InterruptedException} 461 * is thrown. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the current thread is cleared when 462 * this exception is thrown. This exception is not thrown until the lock status of 463 * this object has been restored as described above. 464 * 465 * @apiNote 466 * The recommended approach to waiting is to check the condition being awaited in 467 * a {@code while} loop around the call to {@code wait}, as shown in the example 468 * below. Among other things, this approach avoids problems that can be caused 469 * by spurious wakeups. 470 * 471 * {@snippet lang=java : 472 * synchronized (obj) { 473 * while ( <condition does not hold and timeout not exceeded> ) { 474 * long timeoutMillis = ... ; // recompute timeout values 475 * int nanos = ... ; 476 * obj.wait(timeoutMillis, nanos); 477 * } 478 * ... // Perform action appropriate to condition or timeout 479 * } 480 * } 481 * 482 * @param timeoutMillis the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds 483 * @param nanos additional time, in nanoseconds, in the range 0-999999 inclusive 484 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code timeoutMillis} is negative, 485 * or if the value of {@code nanos} is out of range 486 * @throws IllegalMonitorStateException if the current thread is not 487 * the owner of the object's monitor 488 * @throws InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the current thread before or 489 * while the current thread was waiting. The <em>interrupted status</em> of the 490 * current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown. 491 * @see #notify() 492 * @see #notifyAll() 493 * @see #wait() 494 * @see #wait(long) 495 */ 496 public final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) throws InterruptedException { 497 if (timeoutMillis < 0) { 498 throw new IllegalArgumentException("timeoutMillis value is negative"); 499 } 500 501 if (nanos < 0 || nanos > 999999) { 502 throw new IllegalArgumentException( 503 "nanosecond timeout value out of range"); 504 } 505 506 if (nanos > 0 && timeoutMillis < Long.MAX_VALUE) { 507 timeoutMillis++; 508 } 509 510 wait(timeoutMillis); 511 } 512 513 /** 514 * Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection 515 * determines that there are no more references to the object. 516 * A subclass overrides the {@code finalize} method to dispose of 517 * system resources or to perform other cleanup. 518 * <p> 519 * <b>When running in a Java virtual machine in which finalization has been 520 * disabled or removed, the garbage collector will never call 521 * {@code finalize()}. In a Java virtual machine in which finalization is 522 * enabled, the garbage collector might call {@code finalize} only after an 523 * indefinite delay.</b> 524 * <p> 525 * The general contract of {@code finalize} is that it is invoked 526 * if and when the Java virtual 527 * machine has determined that there is no longer any 528 * means by which this object can be accessed by any thread that has 529 * not yet died, except as a result of an action taken by the 530 * finalization of some other object or class which is ready to be 531 * finalized. The {@code finalize} method may take any action, including 532 * making this object available again to other threads; the usual purpose 533 * of {@code finalize}, however, is to perform cleanup actions before 534 * the object is irrevocably discarded. For example, the finalize method 535 * for an object that represents an input/output connection might perform 536 * explicit I/O transactions to break the connection before the object is 537 * permanently discarded. 538 * <p> 539 * The {@code finalize} method of class {@code Object} performs no 540 * special action; it simply returns normally. Subclasses of 541 * {@code Object} may override this definition. 542 * <p> 543 * The Java programming language does not guarantee which thread will 544 * invoke the {@code finalize} method for any given object. It is 545 * guaranteed, however, that the thread that invokes finalize will not 546 * be holding any user-visible synchronization locks when finalize is 547 * invoked. If an uncaught exception is thrown by the finalize method, 548 * the exception is ignored and finalization of that object terminates. 549 * <p> 550 * After the {@code finalize} method has been invoked for an object, no 551 * further action is taken until the Java virtual machine has again 552 * determined that there is no longer any means by which this object can 553 * be accessed by any thread that has not yet died, including possible 554 * actions by other objects or classes which are ready to be finalized, 555 * at which point the object may be discarded. 556 * <p> 557 * The {@code finalize} method is never invoked more than once by a Java 558 * virtual machine for any given object. 559 * <p> 560 * Any exception thrown by the {@code finalize} method causes 561 * the finalization of this object to be halted, but is otherwise 562 * ignored. 563 * 564 * @apiNote 565 * Classes that embed non-heap resources have many options 566 * for cleanup of those resources. The class must ensure that the 567 * lifetime of each instance is longer than that of any resource it embeds. 568 * {@link java.lang.ref.Reference#reachabilityFence} can be used to ensure that 569 * objects remain reachable while resources embedded in the object are in use. 570 * <p> 571 * A subclass should avoid overriding the {@code finalize} method 572 * unless the subclass embeds non-heap resources that must be cleaned up 573 * before the instance is collected. 574 * Finalizer invocations are not automatically chained, unlike constructors. 575 * If a subclass overrides {@code finalize} it must invoke the superclass 576 * finalizer explicitly. 577 * To guard against exceptions prematurely terminating the finalize chain, 578 * the subclass should use a {@code try-finally} block to ensure 579 * {@code super.finalize()} is always invoked. For example, 580 * {@snippet lang="java": 581 * @Override 582 * protected void finalize() throws Throwable { 583 * try { 584 * ... // cleanup subclass state 585 * } finally { 586 * super.finalize(); 587 * } 588 * } 589 * } 590 * 591 * @deprecated Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future 592 * release. The use of finalization can lead to problems with security, 593 * performance, and reliability. 594 * See <a href="https://openjdk.org/jeps/421">JEP 421</a> for 595 * discussion and alternatives. 596 * <p> 597 * Subclasses that override {@code finalize} to perform cleanup should use 598 * alternative cleanup mechanisms and remove the {@code finalize} method. 599 * Use {@link java.lang.ref.Cleaner} and 600 * {@link java.lang.ref.PhantomReference} as safer ways to release resources 601 * when an object becomes unreachable. Alternatively, add a {@code close} 602 * method to explicitly release resources, and implement 603 * {@code AutoCloseable} to enable use of the {@code try}-with-resources 604 * statement. 605 * <p> 606 * This method will remain in place until finalizers have been removed from 607 * most existing code. 608 * 609 * @throws Throwable the {@code Exception} raised by this method 610 * @see java.lang.ref.WeakReference 611 * @see java.lang.ref.PhantomReference 612 * @jls 12.6 Finalization of Class Instances 613 */ 614 @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true) 615 protected void finalize() throws Throwable { } 616 }