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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Object Inheritance

mohamadreza azadi
mohamadreza azadi
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Posted by mohamadreza azadi
mohamadreza azadi
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Important question

hi i'm so confused about this subject

as usual when we want use a method or somthing all we need to do calling that method or class but this subject did'nt call tostring() method in Example class (main method) and show us output with toString() method so confused and lost please help me guys

2 Answers

Peter Danglay
Peter Danglay
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Peter Danglay
Peter Danglay
861 Points

Whenever you print out an object it automatically goes to the objects class toString method and prints out whatever is in it.

Tonnie Fanadez
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Tonnie Fanadez
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toString () method returns a String that "textually represents" the object. When you print an object to Print Stream ( in this case System.out.printf("This is a new treet: %s : %n", treet) , the Print Stream calls toString () method inside the Treet Class to convert Treet to a string (textual representation)