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

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narsing - 23 Oct 2006 05:02 GMT

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

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Danno - 23 Oct 2006 05:23 GMT

> 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);

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Thomas Weidenfeller - 23 Oct 2006 08:24 GMT

> 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.lang.java.programmer/browse_thread/thread/1c
c7ccbaed58588f/d1e3851848fcafcd

Not enough spoon feeding?

/Thomas

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ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/computer-lang/java/gui/faq

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