Re: Upping the ante (was): ToString?

[Jim Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

Kent Paul Dolan wrote:

> "Nazgul" <darkelf@aim.homelinux.com> wrote in message
> news:a6kv3e$faat1$1@ID-107015.news.dfncis.de...
> 
> 
>>Is there something like Integer'ToString(xxx) that converts an integer to a
>>string ?
>>
> 
> More important, is there something like toString(), with the implied
> contract that _every_ object will support a parameterless call to it and
> do something sensible to return a string representation of the object
> usable for debugging, logging, or "not too fancy" data presentation?
> 


Unfortunately, there is no such implied contract in Java.
Every object (non-primitive type) will have a toString() method.
It may not do anything sensible. If you define your own class
and do NOT override the toString() inherited from the Object
class your output will only be the class name followed by the
output of the hashCode() method for your class.

Jim Rogers