Java array和ArrayList,为什么toString（）方法在Java中的Array和ArrayList对象之间的工作方式不同...

String[] array = {"a","c","b"};

ArrayList list = new ArrayList();

list.add("a");

list.add("b");

list.add("c");

System.out.println(array);

System.out.println(list);

For list [a, b, c] is output while for array some address is output. When we want to output the array values, we can use Arrays.toString(array); which works just like list.

I just wonder why we can't call toString() directly on array to get the values. Isn't it more intuitive and convenient to do so? What results in the different treatments on Array and ArrayList?

解决方案

The main difference between an array and an arraylist is that an arraylist is a class that is written in Java and has its own implementation (including the decision to override toString) whereas arrays are part of the language specification itself. In particular, the JLS 10.7 states:

The members of an array type are all of the following:

The public final field length

The public method clone, which overrides the method of the same name in class Object and throws no checked exceptions.

All the members inherited from class Object; the only method of Object that is not inherited is its clone method.

In other words the language specification prevents the toString method of an array to be overriden and it therefore uses the default implementation defined in Object which prints the class name and hashcode.

Why this decision has been made is a question that should probably be asked to the designers of the language...