How to create a println/print method for a custom class

Question

I\'m working in Java on a project that requires me to make a few \'container\' classes, if you will. Here is a simple version of one:

public class Pair{

            


        

Answer 1

You will need to override the toString method and return a string representation of what you want.

So for example:

public class Pair {

    Object key;
    Object value;

    public Pair(Object k, Object v)
    {
        key = k;
        value = v;
    }

    public Object getKey() { 
        return key; 
    }

    public Object getValue() { 
        return value; 
    }

    public String toString() {
        return "Key: " + getKey() + ", Value: " + getValue();
    }
}

Than you can do the following:

List pairs = new ArrayList();
pairs.Add(new Pair("pair1key", "pair1value"));
pairs.Add(new Pair("pair2key", "pair2value"));

for (Pair p : pairs) {
    System.out.println(p);
}