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Class toString() method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025

The

method of

is used to convert the instance of this Class to a string representation. This method returns the formed string representation.

public String toString()

This method does not accept any parameter.

This method returns the String representation of this object. Below programs demonstrate the toString() method.

// Java program to demonstrate toString() method

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        // returns the Class object for the class
        // with the specified name
        Class c1 = Class.forName("java.lang.String");

        System.out.print("Class represented by c1: ");

        // toString method on c1
        System.out.println(c1.toString());
    }
}

Class represented by c1: class java.lang.String

// Java program to demonstrate toString() method

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        // returns the Class object for the class
        // with the specified name
        Class c2 = int.class;
        Class c3 = void.class;

        System.out.print("Class represented by c2: ");

        // toString method on c2
        System.out.println(c2.toString());

        System.out.print("Class represented by c3: ");

        // toString method on c3
        System.out.println(c3.toString());
    }
}

Class represented by c2: int
Class represented by c3: void

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