difference between toString() and type casting a n Object to String

narsing · Oct 23, 2006

what is the difference between toString() and type casting a n Object
to String

Danno · Oct 23, 2006

narsing said:
what is the difference between toString() and type casting a n Object
to String

Try it. Three lines is all it takes:

Integer mynum = new Integer(4);
System.out.println(mynum.toString());
System.out.println((String) mynum);

Thomas Weidenfeller · Oct 23, 2006

narsing said:
what is the difference between toString() and type casting a n Object
to String

What was wrong with the answers you got in
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...read/thread/1cc7ccbaed58588f/d1e3851848fcafcd

Not enough spoon feeding?

/Thomas

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