/**

 * Demonstrates how the data inside an object

 * can be output by overriding toString ( ) .

 *

 * @author tkrogers

 * @version 10-01-20011

 */

public class ToStringDemo {

    SomeObject object1 = new SomeObject( ) ;

   

    public static void main ( ) {

        // The tsd instance is being created so that

        // the instance method, output1 can be called in

        // main. Otherwise, main can't call an instance method.

        ToStringDemo tsd = new ToStringDemo ( ) ;

        String y = "" + 9 ; // 9 is concatenated to a null

                            // string and becomes a string.     

        System.out.println ( y );

        tsd.output1 ( ) ;

    }

   

    public void output1 ( ) {

        String s = object1.toString ( ) ;

        // When an object is used as an argument the toString

        // method is automatically called for the object. This

        // converts the object to a sting as defined in the

        // toString method.

        System.out.println ( object1 ) ;

        System.out.println ( s ) ; // Another way to use toString

    }

}