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You'll get an EmptyStackException thrown if the stack is empty.

import java.util.Stack;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main (String args[]) {
    Stack s = new Stack();
    s.push("A");
    s.push("B");
    s.push("C");

    System.out.println("Next: " + s.peek());
  }
}

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