whether Object is a keyword?

[venkatesh badrinathan]

class Object {

String str ;

Object ( String str ) {
this . str = str ;
}

public String toString ( ) {
return str ;
}
};

class Ques extends Object{

Ques ( String str ) {
super ( str ) ;
}

public static void main ( String args [ ] ) {
Ques x = new Ques ( " My Object " ) ;
System . out .println ( x. str ) ;
}
};

in this prg, the class is named as Object. my doubt is when Object is a class, how could we use 'Object' as a class name in our prg?please explain..

[Dariusz Kordonski]

if you put it in a package other than java.lang, then it'll work perfectly fine Just whenever you want to refer to the one-and-only Object from Java API, you would have to write java.lang.Object

[Deepak Bala]

Object is a class not a keyword. It is ok to write classes whose names are the same as java system classes. Just make sure you know which class you are using . For exam java.util.Date and java.sql.Date may be used within the same class. You just have to mention the full package name when you want to specifically use one of them.

[venkatesh badrinathan]

Thanks Dariusz and Deepak.. i ve understood on your reply..

[venkatesh badrinathan]

Thanks Dariusz and Deepak.. i ve understood on your reply..

[varinder mahajan]

class Object
{
public static void main( String args [] )
{
System . out .println ("hello") ;
}
}

i created this file in default package , it is compiling file and also printing "hello"? why

[hari harann]

hi varinder..
this is what deepak has told us.
'It is ok to write classes whose names are the same as java system classes'
Say if we want to use system classes, we have to mention the full package name when we want to specifically use one of them'
so your code compiled and gave the output.