src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java
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+
+package java.lang;
+
+import jdk.internal.HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate;
+
+/**
+ * Class {@code Object} is the root of the class hierarchy.
+ * Every class has {@code Object} as a superclass. All objects,
+ * including arrays, implement the methods of this class.
+ *
+ * @author  unascribed
+ * @see     java.lang.Class
+ * @since   1.0
+ */
+public class Object {
+
+    private static native void registerNatives();
+    static {
+        registerNatives();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new object.
+     */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public Object() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the runtime class of this {@code Object}. The returned
+     * {@code Class} object is the object that is locked by {@code
+     * static synchronized} methods of the represented class.
+     *
+     * <p><b>The actual result type is {@code Class<? extends |X|>}
+     * where {@code |X|} is the erasure of the static type of the
+     * expression on which {@code getClass} is called.</b> For
+     * example, no cast is required in this code fragment:</p>
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * {@code Number n = 0;                             }<br>
+     * {@code Class<? extends Number> c = n.getClass(); }
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @return The {@code Class} object that represents the runtime
+     *         class of this object.
+     * @jls 15.8.2 Class Literals
+     */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public final native Class<?> getClass();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is
+     * supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by
+     * {@link java.util.HashMap}.
+     * <p>
+     * The general contract of {@code hashCode} is:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during
+     *     an execution of a Java application, the {@code hashCode} method
+     *     must consistently return the same integer, provided no information
+     *     used in {@code equals} comparisons on the object is modified.
+     *     This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an
+     *     application to another execution of the same application.
+     * <li>If two objects are equal according to the {@code equals(Object)}
+     *     method, then calling the {@code hashCode} method on each of
+     *     the two objects must produce the same integer result.
+     * <li>It is <em>not</em> required that if two objects are unequal
+     *     according to the {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}
+     *     method, then calling the {@code hashCode} method on each of the
+     *     two objects must produce distinct integer results.  However, the
+     *     programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results
+     *     for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined
+     * by class {@code Object} does return distinct integers for
+     * distinct objects. (The hashCode may or may not be implemented
+     * as some function of an object's memory address at some point
+     * in time.)
+     *
+     * @return  a hash code value for this object.
+     * @see     java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+     * @see     java.lang.System#identityHashCode
+     */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public native int hashCode();
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code equals} method implements an equivalence relation
+     * on non-null object references:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>It is <i>reflexive</i>: for any non-null reference value
+     *     {@code x}, {@code x.equals(x)} should return
+     *     {@code true}.
+     * <li>It is <i>symmetric</i>: for any non-null reference values
+     *     {@code x} and {@code y}, {@code x.equals(y)}
+     *     should return {@code true} if and only if
+     *     {@code y.equals(x)} returns {@code true}.
+     * <li>It is <i>transitive</i>: for any non-null reference values
+     *     {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z}, if
+     *     {@code x.equals(y)} returns {@code true} and
+     *     {@code y.equals(z)} returns {@code true}, then
+     *     {@code x.equals(z)} should return {@code true}.
+     * <li>It is <i>consistent</i>: for any non-null reference values
+     *     {@code x} and {@code y}, multiple invocations of
+     *     {@code x.equals(y)} consistently return {@code true}
+     *     or consistently return {@code false}, provided no
+     *     information used in {@code equals} comparisons on the
+     *     objects is modified.
+     * <li>For any non-null reference value {@code x},
+     *     {@code x.equals(null)} should return {@code false}.
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code equals} method for class {@code Object} implements
+     * the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects;
+     * that is, for any non-null reference values {@code x} and
+     * {@code y}, this method returns {@code true} if and only
+     * if {@code x} and {@code y} refer to the same object
+     * ({@code x == y} has the value {@code true}).
+     * <p>
+     * Note that it is generally necessary to override the {@code hashCode}
+     * method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the
+     * general contract for the {@code hashCode} method, which states
+     * that equal objects must have equal hash codes.
+     *
+     * @param   obj   the reference object with which to compare.
+     * @return  {@code true} if this object is the same as the obj
+     *          argument; {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @see     #hashCode()
+     * @see     java.util.HashMap
+     */
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        return (this == obj);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns a copy of this object.  The precise meaning
+     * of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general
+     * intent is that, for any object {@code x}, the expression:
+     * <blockquote>
+     * <pre>
+     * x.clone() != x</pre></blockquote>
+     * will be true, and that the expression:
+     * <blockquote>
+     * <pre>
+     * x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()</pre></blockquote>
+     * will be {@code true}, but these are not absolute requirements.
+     * While it is typically the case that:
+     * <blockquote>
+     * <pre>
+     * x.clone().equals(x)</pre></blockquote>
+     * will be {@code true}, this is not an absolute requirement.
+     * <p>
+     * By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling
+     * {@code super.clone}.  If a class and all of its superclasses (except
+     * {@code Object}) obey this convention, it will be the case that
+     * {@code x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()}.
+     * <p>
+     * By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent
+     * of this object (which is being cloned).  To achieve this independence,
+     * it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned
+     * by {@code super.clone} before returning it.  Typically, this means
+     * copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure"
+     * of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these
+     * objects with references to the copies.  If a class contains only
+     * primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually
+     * the case that no fields in the object returned by {@code super.clone}
+     * need to be modified.
+     * <p>
+     * The method {@code clone} for class {@code Object} performs a
+     * specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does
+     * not implement the interface {@code Cloneable}, then a
+     * {@code CloneNotSupportedException} is thrown. Note that all arrays
+     * are considered to implement the interface {@code Cloneable} and that
+     * the return type of the {@code clone} method of an array type {@code T[]}
+     * is {@code T[]} where T is any reference or primitive type.
+     * Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this
+     * object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of
+     * the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the
+     * contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method
+     * performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.
+     * <p>
+     * The class {@code Object} does not itself implement the interface
+     * {@code Cloneable}, so calling the {@code clone} method on an object
+     * whose class is {@code Object} will result in throwing an
+     * exception at run time.
+     *
+     * @return     a clone of this instance.
+     * @throws  CloneNotSupportedException  if the object's class does not
+     *               support the {@code Cloneable} interface. Subclasses
+     *               that override the {@code clone} method can also
+     *               throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot
+     *               be cloned.
+     * @see java.lang.Cloneable
+     */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    protected native Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the
+     * {@code toString} method returns a string that
+     * "textually represents" this object. The result should
+     * be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a
+     * person to read.
+     * It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code toString} method for class {@code Object}
+     * returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the
+     * object is an instance, the at-sign character `{@code @}', and
+     * the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the
+     * object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the
+     * value of:
+     * <blockquote>
+     * <pre>
+     * getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
+     * </pre></blockquote>
+     *
+     * @return  a string representation of the object.
+     */
+    public String toString() {
+        return getClass().getName() + "@" + Integer.toHexString(hashCode());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's
+     * monitor. If any threads are waiting on this object, one of them
+     * is chosen to be awakened. The choice is arbitrary and occurs at
+     * the discretion of the implementation. A thread waits on an object's
+     * monitor by calling one of the {@code wait} methods.
+     * <p>
+     * The awakened thread will not be able to proceed until the current
+     * thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened thread will
+     * compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might be
+     * actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, the
+     * awakened thread enjoys no reliable privilege or disadvantage in being
+     * the next thread to lock this object.
+     * <p>
+     * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner
+     * of this object's monitor. A thread becomes the owner of the
+     * object's monitor in one of three ways:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>By executing a synchronized instance method of that object.
+     * <li>By executing the body of a {@code synchronized} statement
+     *     that synchronizes on the object.
+     * <li>For objects of type {@code Class,} by executing a
+     *     synchronized static method of that class.
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * Only one thread at a time can own an object's monitor.
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalMonitorStateException  if the current thread is not
+     *               the owner of this object's monitor.
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#notifyAll()
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#wait()
+     */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public final native void notify();
+
+    /**
+     * Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. A
+     * thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the
+     * {@code wait} methods.
+     * <p>
+     * The awakened threads will not be able to proceed until the current
+     * thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened threads
+     * will compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might
+     * be actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example,
+     * the awakened threads enjoy no reliable privilege or disadvantage in
+     * being the next thread to lock this object.
+     * <p>
+     * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner
+     * of this object's monitor. See the {@code notify} method for a
+     * description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of
+     * a monitor.
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalMonitorStateException  if the current thread is not
+     *               the owner of this object's monitor.
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#notify()
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#wait()
+     */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public final native void notifyAll();
+
+    /**
+     * Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the
+     * {@link java.lang.Object#notify()} method or the
+     * {@link java.lang.Object#notifyAll()} method for this object, or a
+     * specified amount of time has elapsed.
+     * <p>
+     * The current thread must own this object's monitor.
+     * <p>
+     * This method causes the current thread (call it <var>T</var>) to
+     * place itself in the wait set for this object and then to relinquish
+     * any and all synchronization claims on this object. Thread <var>T</var>
+     * becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant
+     * until one of four things happens:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>Some other thread invokes the {@code notify} method for this
+     * object and thread <var>T</var> happens to be arbitrarily chosen as
+     * the thread to be awakened.
+     * <li>Some other thread invokes the {@code notifyAll} method for this
+     * object.
+     * <li>Some other thread {@linkplain Thread#interrupt() interrupts}
+     * thread <var>T</var>.
+     * <li>The specified amount of real time has elapsed, more or less.  If
+     * {@code timeout} is zero, however, then real time is not taken into
+     * consideration and the thread simply waits until notified.
+     * </ul>
+     * The thread <var>T</var> is then removed from the wait set for this
+     * object and re-enabled for thread scheduling. It then competes in the
+     * usual manner with other threads for the right to synchronize on the
+     * object; once it has gained control of the object, all its
+     * synchronization claims on the object are restored to the status quo
+     * ante - that is, to the situation as of the time that the {@code wait}
+     * method was invoked. Thread <var>T</var> then returns from the
+     * invocation of the {@code wait} method. Thus, on return from the
+     * {@code wait} method, the synchronization state of the object and of
+     * thread {@code T} is exactly as it was when the {@code wait} method
+     * was invoked.
+     * <p>
+     * A thread can also wake up without being notified, interrupted, or
+     * timing out, a so-called <i>spurious wakeup</i>.  While this will rarely
+     * occur in practice, applications must guard against it by testing for
+     * the condition that should have caused the thread to be awakened, and
+     * continuing to wait if the condition is not satisfied.  In other words,
+     * waits should always occur in loops, like this one:
+     * <pre>
+     *     synchronized (obj) {
+     *         while (&lt;condition does not hold&gt;)
+     *             obj.wait(timeout);
+     *         ... // Perform action appropriate to condition
+     *     }
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * (For more information on this topic, see section 14.2,
+     * Condition Queues, in Brian Goetz and others' "Java Concurrency
+     * in Practice" (Addison-Wesley, 2006) or Item 69 in Joshua
+     * Bloch's "Effective Java (Second Edition)" (Addison-Wesley,
+     * 2008).
+     *
+     * <p>If the current thread is {@linkplain java.lang.Thread#interrupt()
+     * interrupted} by any thread before or while it is waiting, then an
+     * {@code InterruptedException} is thrown.  This exception is not
+     * thrown until the lock status of this object has been restored as
+     * described above.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * Note that the {@code wait} method, as it places the current thread
+     * into the wait set for this object, unlocks only this object; any
+     * other objects on which the current thread may be synchronized remain
+     * locked while the thread waits.
+     * <p>
+     * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner
+     * of this object's monitor. See the {@code notify} method for a
+     * description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of
+     * a monitor.
+     *
+     * @param      timeout   the maximum time to wait in milliseconds.
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException      if the value of timeout is
+     *               negative.
+     * @throws  IllegalMonitorStateException  if the current thread is not
+     *               the owner of the object's monitor.
+     * @throws  InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the
+     *             current thread before or while the current thread
+     *             was waiting for a notification.  The <i>interrupted
+     *             status</i> of the current thread is cleared when
+     *             this exception is thrown.
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#notify()
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#notifyAll()
+     */
+    public final native void wait(long timeout) throws InterruptedException;
+
+    /**
+     * Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the
+     * {@link java.lang.Object#notify()} method or the
+     * {@link java.lang.Object#notifyAll()} method for this object, or
+     * some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain
+     * amount of real time has elapsed.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is similar to the {@code wait} method of one
+     * argument, but it allows finer control over the amount of time to
+     * wait for a notification before giving up. The amount of real time,
+     * measured in nanoseconds, is given by:
+     * <blockquote>
+     * <pre>
+     * 1000000*timeout+nanos</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p>
+     * In all other respects, this method does the same thing as the
+     * method {@link #wait(long)} of one argument. In particular,
+     * {@code wait(0, 0)} means the same thing as {@code wait(0)}.
+     * <p>
+     * The current thread must own this object's monitor. The thread
+     * releases ownership of this monitor and waits until either of the
+     * following two conditions has occurred:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>Another thread notifies threads waiting on this object's monitor
+     *     to wake up either through a call to the {@code notify} method
+     *     or the {@code notifyAll} method.
+     * <li>The timeout period, specified by {@code timeout}
+     *     milliseconds plus {@code nanos} nanoseconds arguments, has
+     *     elapsed.
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * The thread then waits until it can re-obtain ownership of the
+     * monitor and resumes execution.
+     * <p>
+     * As in the one argument version, interrupts and spurious wakeups are
+     * possible, and this method should always be used in a loop:
+     * <pre>
+     *     synchronized (obj) {
+     *         while (&lt;condition does not hold&gt;)
+     *             obj.wait(timeout, nanos);
+     *         ... // Perform action appropriate to condition
+     *     }
+     * </pre>
+     * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner
+     * of this object's monitor. See the {@code notify} method for a
+     * description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of
+     * a monitor.
+     *
+     * @param      timeout   the maximum time to wait in milliseconds.
+     * @param      nanos      additional time, in nanoseconds range
+     *                       0-999999.
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException      if the value of timeout is
+     *                      negative or the value of nanos is
+     *                      not in the range 0-999999.
+     * @throws  IllegalMonitorStateException  if the current thread is not
+     *               the owner of this object's monitor.
+     * @throws  InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the
+     *             current thread before or while the current thread
+     *             was waiting for a notification.  The <i>interrupted
+     *             status</i> of the current thread is cleared when
+     *             this exception is thrown.
+     */
+    public final void wait(long timeout, int nanos) throws InterruptedException {
+        if (timeout < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("timeout value is negative");
+        }
+
+        if (nanos < 0 || nanos > 999999) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                "nanosecond timeout value out of range");
+        }
+
+        if (nanos > 0) {
+            timeout++;
+        }
+
+        wait(timeout);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the
+     * {@link java.lang.Object#notify()} method or the
+     * {@link java.lang.Object#notifyAll()} method for this object.
+     * In other words, this method behaves exactly as if it simply
+     * performs the call {@code wait(0)}.
+     * <p>
+     * The current thread must own this object's monitor. The thread
+     * releases ownership of this monitor and waits until another thread
+     * notifies threads waiting on this object's monitor to wake up
+     * either through a call to the {@code notify} method or the
+     * {@code notifyAll} method. The thread then waits until it can
+     * re-obtain ownership of the monitor and resumes execution.
+     * <p>
+     * As in the one argument version, interrupts and spurious wakeups are
+     * possible, and this method should always be used in a loop:
+     * <pre>
+     *     synchronized (obj) {
+     *         while (&lt;condition does not hold&gt;)
+     *             obj.wait();
+     *         ... // Perform action appropriate to condition
+     *     }
+     * </pre>
+     * This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner
+     * of this object's monitor. See the {@code notify} method for a
+     * description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of
+     * a monitor.
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalMonitorStateException  if the current thread is not
+     *               the owner of the object's monitor.
+     * @throws  InterruptedException if any thread interrupted the
+     *             current thread before or while the current thread
+     *             was waiting for a notification.  The <i>interrupted
+     *             status</i> of the current thread is cleared when
+     *             this exception is thrown.
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#notify()
+     * @see        java.lang.Object#notifyAll()
+     */
+    public final void wait() throws InterruptedException {
+        wait(0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection
+     * determines that there are no more references to the object.
+     * A subclass overrides the {@code finalize} method to dispose of
+     * system resources or to perform other cleanup.
+     * <p>
+     * The general contract of {@code finalize} is that it is invoked
+     * if and when the Java&trade; virtual
+     * machine has determined that there is no longer any
+     * means by which this object can be accessed by any thread that has
+     * not yet died, except as a result of an action taken by the
+     * finalization of some other object or class which is ready to be
+     * finalized. The {@code finalize} method may take any action, including
+     * making this object available again to other threads; the usual purpose
+     * of {@code finalize}, however, is to perform cleanup actions before
+     * the object is irrevocably discarded. For example, the finalize method
+     * for an object that represents an input/output connection might perform
+     * explicit I/O transactions to break the connection before the object is
+     * permanently discarded.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code finalize} method of class {@code Object} performs no
+     * special action; it simply returns normally. Subclasses of
+     * {@code Object} may override this definition.
+     * <p>
+     * The Java programming language does not guarantee which thread will
+     * invoke the {@code finalize} method for any given object. It is
+     * guaranteed, however, that the thread that invokes finalize will not
+     * be holding any user-visible synchronization locks when finalize is
+     * invoked. If an uncaught exception is thrown by the finalize method,
+     * the exception is ignored and finalization of that object terminates.
+     * <p>
+     * After the {@code finalize} method has been invoked for an object, no
+     * further action is taken until the Java virtual machine has again
+     * determined that there is no longer any means by which this object can
+     * be accessed by any thread that has not yet died, including possible
+     * actions by other objects or classes which are ready to be finalized,
+     * at which point the object may be discarded.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code finalize} method is never invoked more than once by a Java
+     * virtual machine for any given object.
+     * <p>
+     * Any exception thrown by the {@code finalize} method causes
+     * the finalization of this object to be halted, but is otherwise
+     * ignored.
+     *
+     * @apiNote
+     * Classes that embed non-heap resources have many options
+     * for cleanup of those resources. The class must ensure that the
+     * lifetime of each instance is longer than that of any resource it embeds.
+     * {@link java.lang.ref.Reference#reachabilityFence} can be used to ensure that
+     * objects remain reachable while resources embedded in the object are in use.
+     * <p>
+     * A subclass should avoid overriding the {@code finalize} method
+     * unless the subclass embeds non-heap resources that must be cleaned up
+     * before the instance is collected.
+     * Finalizer invocations are not automatically chained, unlike constructors.
+     * If a subclass overrides {@code finalize} it must invoke the superclass
+     * finalizer explicitly.
+     * To guard against exceptions prematurely terminating the finalize chain,
+     * the subclass should use a {@code try-finally} block to ensure
+     * {@code super.finalize()} is always invoked. For example,
+     * <pre>{@code      @Override
+     *     protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
+     *         try {
+     *             ... // cleanup subclass state
+     *         } finally {
+     *             super.finalize();
+     *         }
+     *     }
+     * }</pre>
+     *
+     * @deprecated The finalization mechanism is inherently problematic.
+     * Finalization can lead to performance issues, deadlocks, and hangs.
+     * Errors in finalizers can lead to resource leaks; there is no way to cancel
+     * finalization if it is no longer necessary; and no ordering is specified
+     * among calls to {@code finalize} methods of different objects.
+     * Furthermore, there are no guarantees regarding the timing of finalization.
+     * The {@code finalize} method might be called on a finalizable object
+     * only after an indefinite delay, if at all.
+     *
+     * Classes whose instances hold non-heap resources should provide a method
+     * to enable explicit release of those resources, and they should also
+     * implement {@link AutoCloseable} if appropriate.
+     * The {@link java.lang.ref.Cleaner} and {@link java.lang.ref.PhantomReference}
+     * provide more flexible and efficient ways to release resources when an object
+     * becomes unreachable.
+     *
+     * @throws Throwable the {@code Exception} raised by this method
+     * @see java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+     * @see java.lang.ref.PhantomReference
+     * @jls 12.6 Finalization of Class Instances
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since="9")
+    protected void finalize() throws Throwable { }
+}