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Java Package toString() method with example

Package Class toString() method: Here, we are going to learn about the toString() method of Package Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on December 05, 2019

Package Class toString() method

• toString() method is available in java.lang package.
• toString() method is used to represent a string of this package or in other words, we can say this method is used to string representation of an object(Package).
• toString() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• toString() method does not throw an exception at the time of conversion an object to a string.

Syntax:

    public String toString();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of this method is String, it represents a package as a string and when the package title, version, vendor are defined so it will be appended.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of String toString() method of Package 

public class ToString {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // Get Package by using getPackage() method
        Package pkg = Package.getPackage("java.util");

        // By using toString() method is to represent 
        // package as a string
        System.out.println("pkg.toString() = " + pkg.toString());
    }
}

Output

pkg.toString() = package java.util