Are there any reasons why anyone would instantiate the class Object
? Why is the class instantiable at all? Could it not have simply been an abstract class
?
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3quite often is is used for something like `private Object lock = new Object();` for locking. – luk2302 May 09 '18 at 16:07
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1This question has already being answered: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/710362/java-rationale-of-the-object-class-not-being-declared-abstract – AlejandroMinaya May 09 '18 at 16:08