What methods does the Object class provide in Java?

Here is a list of the main methods of the Object class:

• clone(): Creates and returns a copy of the object.
• equals(Object obj): Compares two objects for equality.
• finalize(): Called by the garbage collector before the object is removed.
• getClass(): Returns the Class object representing the class of this object.
• hashCode(): Returns the hash code for the object.
• notify(): Resumes a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
• notifyAll(): Resumes all threads waiting on this object's monitor.
• toString(): Returns a string representation of the object.
• wait(): Suspends the current thread until it is "woken up".
• wait(long timeout): Suspends the current thread for a specified timeout.
• wait(long timeout, int nanos): Suspends the current thread with a more precise timeout.