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Omitting the Method toString

Learn to understand the implications of omitting the toString method in Java classes. Discover how default toString behavior displays object information and why defining your own method improves program readability and debugging.

The class Name without the toString method

We have previously mentioned the importance of a class having its own version of the method toString. Let’s see what happens when we do not define toString. For example, let’s remove the definition of the method toString from the class Name, as defined in the ...