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ShowToString -- demo program to show default toString methods
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import java.util.*;
import java.awt.Button;
/**
* ShowToString -- demo program to show default toString methods.
* Some classes provide a toString() method, while others inherit
* the default toString() from Object. In all cases, you can print
* an object by calling its toString(), which is very useful in debugging!
*/
public class ShowToString {
/** main method */
public static void main(String[] argv) {
System.out.println("An Object\t" + new Object());
System.out.println("A Date \t" + new Date());
System.out.println("A GregorianCalendar\t" + new GregorianCalendar());
System.out.println("An Exception\t" + new Exception("Hi!"));
Button b = new Button("Push ME!"); // An AWT pushbutton
b.setBounds(40, 50, 120, 60); // explained in the AWT chapter!
System.out.println("A Button\t" + b);
System.out.println("A ShowToString object!\t" + new ShowToString());
}
}
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