Supports all classes in the .NET Framework class hierarchy and provides low-level services to derived classes. This is the ultimate base class of all classes in the .NET Framework; it is the root of the type hierarchy.

For a list of all members of this type, see Object Members.

System.Object
   Derived classes

[Visual Basic]
<Serializable>
<ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)>
Public Class Object
[C#]
[Serializable]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
public class Object
[C++]
[Serializable]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType::AutoDual)]
public __gc class Object
[JScript]
public
   Serializable
   ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)
class Object

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.

Remarks

Languages typically do not require a class to declare inheritance from Object because the inheritance is implicit.

Because all classes in the .NET Framework are derived from Object, every method defined in the Object class is available in all objects in the system. Derived classes can and do override some of these methods, including:

• Equals- Supports comparisons between objects.
• Finalize- Performs cleanup operations before an object is automatically reclaimed.
• GetHashCode- Generates a number corresponding to the value of the object to support the use of a hash table.
• ToString- Manufactures a human-readable text string that describes an instance of the class.

Requirements

Namespace: System

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework - Windows CE .NET

Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)

See Also

Object Members | System Namespace