.tostring method question in Java

[antony12]

Hello and welcome!

So, I recently finished a fairly lengthy programme on inheritance. I was instructed to provide a function toString() { [native code] } function in each class. The issue is that I have methods like getArea and getPerimeter in my subclasses. In my function toString() { [native code] } function for this class, I want function toString() { [native code] } to execute and, for example, output the region of the object that function toString() { [native code] } is invoked on. I just don't understand the syntax... I assumed it would be:

"Area : " + this.getArea()

However, it returns an error. So, in my function toString() { [native code] } class, how would I refer to this *unknown* object?

Thank you very much!

[Totu487]

The code you've written should work, provided that the object in which toString() is invoked on has a getArea() method (or if its superclass has a getArea() method). What error are you getting?