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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Object Inheritance

Jeff Wereb
Jeff Wereb
2,883 Points
Posted by Jeff Wereb
Jeff Wereb
2,883 Points

What method are we overriding?

Can someone please explain what method we are overriding? It looks to me we are overriding Treet. How does this work?

João Albuquerque
João Albuquerque
1,642 Points
João Albuquerque
João Albuquerque
1,642 Points

In fact we are overriding the .toString () method, which is available in any class created in java. As the .equals () method etc.

Babatunde Idahor
Babatunde Idahor
3,416 Points

We are overriding the toString() method - an object has a String representation. We use the toString() method to override that String representation from that object class. That way we can customized how the String representation is shown from our class. Keep in mind that he toString() is a subclass of the Object Class.