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Object class comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	is a subtopic of	define in	implement	is a kind of	have	has definition	be	is partitioned into
class		Classes		more than one interface	specification	a unique name since somebody in the future might want to import the packages containing both classes and hence create a name clash	A template that describes the data and behaviour of its instances called objects	the unit of data abstraction in an object-oriented program	abstract class, concrete class
Object class	class	Objects	java.lang	some of the behaviour that every class in the Java system needs		specification	A class that is at the top of the class hierarchy	the most general of all classes

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