"Thomas Singer" wrote :
> For me a toString() method would be enough -- simply for debugging
purposes.
I'm not bringing back the "All objects should be canonical" thread/war,
but if
equals() is not the same as ==
in a user-defined class,
equals() should be overwriten or throw an "Not Yet Implemented" exception.
Same for hashCode().
Do you really like coding equals() by hand, for a "simple" class with 3
booleans, 3 ints, 3 Strings, 3 arrays of String, ..
It's a simple - automatizable - recipe.
A patient and well trained monkey could do it.
Or a doclet.
Or IDEA
> At 08:58 21.02.02 +0100, you wrote:
> >toString() is just part of the "Canonical object" story,
> >where you ensure each object has a correct
> > - equals()
> > - hashCode()
> > - toString()
> >
> >implementation.
> >
> >I wrote a simple doclet to generate those 3 methods; it's not very
> >complicated.
> >
> >Though, I would prefer to see those 3 methods names next to "constructor"
> >and "getter/setter" when I press [Alt-Ins].
> >As you suggest, IDEA could update it/them, when you would add/substract
> >instance variables.
> >
> >
> >Alain Ravet
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jim Birchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > > I think it would be nice to be able to generate a toString method that
can
> > > print out all variables. Something like this:
> > >
> > > private String name;
> > > private String gender;
> > >
> > > /** IDEA generated */
> > > public String toString() {
> > > StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
> > > buf.append("name=");
> > > buf.append(name);
> > > buf.append(", gender=");
> > > buf.append(gender);
> > > return buf.toString();
> > > }
> > >
> > > it would be even nicer to adjust this method when ever variables are
> >added,
> > > subtracted, or changed.
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