java中的dto to_java – 为什么在DTO中覆盖toString方法

我看到DTO对象中的大部分时间,

toString方法被动作覆盖.

例如 ：

public class Person implements Serializable {

private String firstName;

private String lastName;

private int age;

/**

* Creates a new instance of Person

*/

public Person() {

}

public String getFirstName() {

return firstName;

}

public void setFirstName(String firstName) {

this.firstName = firstName;

}

public String getLastName() {

return lastName;

}

public void setLastName(String lastName) {

this.lastName = lastName;

}

public int getAge() {

return age;

}

public void setAge(int age) {

this.age = age;

}

//Overriding toString to be able to print out the object in a readable way

//when it is later read from the file.

public String toString() {

StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();

buffer.append(firstName);

buffer.append("\n");

buffer.append(lastName);

buffer.append("\n");

buffer.append(age);

buffer.append("\n");

return buffer.toString();

}

}

有人可以告诉我这样做的用途是什么？