The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

4.3.3 The Class String TYPES, VALUES, AND VARIABLES
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}
public final void wait()
throws IllegalMonitorStateException,
InterruptedException { . . . }
public final void wait(long millis)
throws IllegalMonitorStateException,
InterruptedException { . . . }
public final void wait(long millis, int nanos) { . . . }
throws IllegalMonitorStateException,
InterruptedException { . . . }
public final void notify() { . . . }
throws IllegalMonitorStateException
public final void notifyAll() { . . . }
throws IllegalMonitorStateException
protected void finalize()
throws Throwable { . . . }
The members of Object are as follows:
• The method getClass returns the Class object that represents the class of
the object. A Class object exists for each reference type. It can be used, for
example, to discover the fully qualified name of a class, its members, its
immediate superclass, and any interfaces that it implements. A class method
that is declared synchronized (§8.4.3.6) synchronizes on the lock associated
with the Class object of the class. The method Object.getClass() must be
treated specially by a Java compiler. The type of a method invocation e.get-
Class(), where the expression e has the static type T, isClass