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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Object Inheritance

Posted by Rajeev Mohan
Rajeev Mohan
Courses Plus Student 281 Points

Confusion regarding toString()

I read in the forum as said by Evgeny Chulak "If you haven't overridden the toString() method, something still happens but it will not necessarily perform what you want."

Is this the reason that we are getting "com.teamtreehouse.Treet@511d50c0" as output in the "Class Review" video, because we have not overridden the toString() method?

2 Answers

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

If you don't override it, a class gets the definition that comes with the object class (or the nearest ancestor that defines a toString method). The string you're getting is probably consistent with the object class toString method. see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#toString() .