Why does every object in Java implicitly extend java.lang.Object class?

Question

I have been programming in Java for quite some time, but when I tried to explain what an java.lang.Object class is to a friend, I could not come up with more th

Answer 1

It's a java design decision. It puts to use the concept of inheritance and re-usabilty. This ensures that all classes have some basic methods like wait(), toString() etc.