If an array of Object is an Object, why is an array of String not a String

Question

Object class is super class to every class in Java. So every class should inherent the properties or behavior of Object class.

Then we can declare array of objects as sh

Answer 1

Its basic Java principle, Everything is an Object, thus you can use Object reference for everything like Object o = new AnyOtherClass()

You can use reference of a class for its sub classes like List l = new Arraylist()

But String[] is an Array and Array is not an ancestor of String