Title: Explain the purpose and importance of the Object class.
Course: Java Programming (Oracle) (10055) > Section: Introducing Classes, Objects, and Methods

Explanation should include that the Object class

- defines and implements behavior that every class in the Java system needs
- is the most general of all classes
- has immediate subclasses and other classes near the top of the hierarchy that implement general behavior
- has classes near the bottom of the hierarchy that provide for more specialized behavior.