Java Package toString() Method

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Description

The Java Package toString() method returns the string representation of this Package. Its value is the string "package " and the package name. If the package title is defined it is appended. If the package version is defined it is appended.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Package.toString() method

public String toString()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the string representation of the package.

Exception

NA

Getting String Representation of java.lang Package Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Package.toString() method. In this program, we've created a Package variable and assigned it java.lang package object. Then using toString() method, the string representation of the object is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class PackageDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // get the java lang package
      Package pack = Package.getPackage("java.lang");

      // print the package as a string
      System.out.println(pack.toString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

package java.lang

Getting String Representation of Custom Package Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Package.toString() method. In this program, we've created a Package variable and assigned it com.tutorialspoint package object. Then using toString() method, the string representation of the object is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class PackageDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // get the java lang package
      Package pack = Package.getPackage("com.tutorialspoint");

      // print the package as a string
      System.out.println(pack.toString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

package com.tutorialspoint

Getting String Representation of java.util Package Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Package.toString() method. In this program, we've created a Package variable and assigned it java.util package object. Then using toString() method, the string representation of the object is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class PackageDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // get the java lang package
      Package pack = Package.getPackage("java.util");

      // print the package as a string
      System.out.println(pack.toString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

package java.util