posted 16 years ago
java.lang.System is a class.
"out" is a static field of the System class. Being static, it exists independent of an instance of the System class. The type of "out" is java.io.PrintStream.
So, "System.out" gives you an instance of PrintStream, on which you are calling the method println().
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