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Re: Additional logging questions

Date	2012-02-27 20:34 -0500
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Additional logging questions
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On 2/26/2012 11:12 PM, Novice wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj<arne@vajhoej.dk>  wrote in
>> But please add a toString method in your data class, so
>> when the class with real login in that uses the data class
>> can log it and you get something useful in the log about the
>> data.
>>
> Sorry, I'm not following you.
>
> Are you saying that the toString() method needs to be there to turn
> things like references into meaningful information? I know that a
> reference to something like a JFrame is not going to be very meaningful
> and would rather display the name given the JFrame via setName(). Or are
> you saying something quite different?

I am saying that.

Object toString is not very useful so you want to
override with something that returns relevant information.

Arne

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Additional logging questions Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-27 02:02 +0000
  Re: Additional logging questions Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-26 21:08 -0500
    Re: Additional logging questions Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-27 04:12 +0000
      Re: Additional logging questions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-26 22:13 -0800
        Re: Additional logging questions Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-27 19:14 +0000
          Re: Additional logging questions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-27 12:32 -0800
          Re: Additional logging questions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-27 13:06 -0800
            Re: Additional logging questions Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-28 01:48 +0000
              Re: Additional logging questions Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-27 20:57 -0500
                Re: Additional logging questions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-27 23:51 -0800
          Re: Additional logging questions Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-27 20:50 -0500
            Re: Additional logging questions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-27 23:57 -0800
        Re: Additional logging questions Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-27 20:45 -0500
          Re: Additional logging questions Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-02-28 01:52 -0600
            Re: Additional logging questions Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-28 17:20 -0500
            Re: Additional logging questions Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-28 20:26 -0400
      Re: Additional logging questions Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-27 20:34 -0500
  Re: Additional logging questions Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-02-27 12:36 -0800
    Re: Additional logging questions Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-28 01:43 +0000

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