by Glen McCluskey One of the standard methods defined in java.lang.Object is toString . This method is used to obtain a string representation of an object. You can (and normally should) override ...

In this blog entry, I’ll look in some detail at the use of ActionScript’s toString () method in conjunction with ActionScript interfaces.

While languages like Ruby provide the pertinent information you need, why can't Java provide a decent, useable, toString() method right out of the box?