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Another oddity to think about in java source code: In regular Java, all objects extend java.lang.Object, including java.lang.Class. So how do you bootstrap buil

• pjmlp 10y ago
  You don't. This is part of the bootstraping process of a programming language. Usually such special types are built manually in the compiler data structures, or make use of special primitives, like native methods on Java's case.
• seanmcdirmid 10y ago
  java.lang.Object is just part of the VM. Same thing with native methods.
  • 0x0 10y ago
    While many of the methods in java.lang.Object have a native implementation, there are still other methods that do sport a pure java implementation: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/jdk/file/tip/src/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/jdk/file/tip/src/share/...
    • seanmcdirmid 10y ago
      Sure, but...if you look at the JVMS, there are a lot of special cases concerning java.lang.Object to help with bootstrapping.