out in System.out.println()

Question

Firstly regrets if this is a very basic question and i promote that I\'m still a code monkey. I was asked in an interview to elucidate System.out.println(); I explained the

Answer 1

Out in System.out.pritln is a static field (object) of PrintWriter in System class and println is a method of PrintWriter.

Reference : System : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/System.html PrintWriter : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/PrintWriter.html