Does the System.out object belong to class System

Question

I'm new to programming and I just started learning Java. I'm curious that does the object System.out belong to class System or class PrintStream?

I referred to a textbook, JAVA CONCEPTS 4/e. The textbook states that to use the out object in the System class, you must refer it as System.out but later in the book it states that the System.out belongs to class PrintStream.

I've searched google and stackoverflow but all the answers are too hard for me to understand.

Answer 1

It is defined as:

static PrintStream  out 

Answer 2

"out" belongs to class "System" and is of type "PrintStream" :)

Answer 3

System.out is a PrintStream object. It is defined in System (so, it is member of System) class as :

static PrintStream out

See: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/System.html

Answer 4

out is a static field in System. Its type is PrintStream.

Answer 5

In loose simple terms, 'out' is a field (i.e. an object) in class 'System' of type 'PrintStream'.

Answer 6

Out is the static reference variable in class System and is of PrintStream(class) type.