Kuidas erineb Java objekti klass oma Kotlini analoogist?

In Java, the class Object is the base class for all classes, providing basic methods such as equals(), hashCode(), toString(), clone() and others.

In Kotlin, the equivalent is the class Any. Main differences:

• In Kotlin, Any does not contain methods for working with streams or synchronization, unlike Java Object.
• Methods equals(), hashCode() and toString() are present in Any and can be overridden.
• In Kotlin, there is no clone() method in Any.
• Kotlin does not have the keyword null for Any, for nullable types Any? is used.

Thus, Any is a lighter base class focused on simplification and safety compared to Java Object.