Why does the default Object.toString() include the hashcode?

Question

If you execute:

System.out.println(someObj.toString());

you probably see the output like

someObjectClassname@hashcod

Answer 1

Adding something useful.

Some newbies may be confused as to why the hascode value returned via toString() is different than what is returned via hashCode(). This is because the toString() method returns a hex representaion of the same hashcode .

Integer.toHexString(object.hashCode()); will return the same value returned by object.toString().