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Java Java Annotations Using Java's Built-In Annotations Adding the @Override Annotation

Saud ALQahtani
Saud ALQahtani
7,842 Points
Posted by Saud ALQahtani
Saud ALQahtani
7,842 Points

Add the @Override annotation to the toString method.

Help!!!!!!!!

Person.java 
public class Person {
    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;

    public Person(String firstName, String lastName) {
      this.firstName = firstName;
      this.lastName = lastName;
    }

    public String toString() {
      return firstName + " " + lastName;
    }
}

1 Answer

missgeekbunny
missgeekbunny
37,033 Points
missgeekbunny
missgeekbunny
37,033 Points

It's right in the question, it wants you to add @Override to the method toString which is as simple as putting it on top of the method

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return firstName + " " + lastName;
    }

That overrides the existing toString method in the instance of this class.