Some language features are just plain ugly. The first time you see them, you say to yourself, “If I ever have to use that, there’s something wrong with my design.” And most of the time you’d be right.
Section 8.1.3 of the Java Language Specification (JLS) states, “The class java.lang.Object … is the primordial class and has no direct superclass.” That means java.lang.Object serves as the root class ...