what is out in System.out.println()

Question

In the following statements, if System is a class and println() and print() are methods, then what is out?

System.out.print();
System.out.println();

I cannot understand the hierarchy. As in simple I have never used anything between class name and method name.

In eclipse, press ``Ctrl`` and CLICK on ``out`` ..... hope get your answer. — rev_dihazum, Apr 28 '16 at 06:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:57

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out is a public static instance of the PrintStream class. println() and print() are methods of PrintStream class

answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:57

Abhishek

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:57

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out is a static member field of System class and is of type PrintStream.

answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:57

Priyansh Goel

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:57

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out is a static field of the System class. It is of type PrintStream which has a method println().

answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:57

Nazaret K.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:58

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System is a final class which is present in java.lang package. out is the reference of PrintStream class and a static member of System class.

answered Apr 28 '16 at 05:58

Rahul Tripathi

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