Explain about toString method ?

Posted On: 2023-06-02 02:05:03 Core Java

toString method is used to print the content of an Object. If the toString method is not overridden in a class, the default toString method from Object class is invoked. This would print some hashcode as shown in the example below. However, if toString method is overridden, the content returned by the toString method is printed.

Animal animal = new Animal("Tommy", "Dog");
System.out.println(animal);//com.rithus.Animal@f7e6a96

If we overridden the toString method
Animal animal = new Animal("Tommy","Dog");
System.out.println(animal);//Animal [name=Tommy, type=Dog]