Even beginning Java developers are aware of the utility of the Object.toString() method that is available to all instances of Java classes and can be overridden to provide useful details regarding ...

While languages like Ruby provide the pertinent information you need, why can't Java provide a decent, useable, toString() method right out of the box?

ActionScript 3.0 includes many object-oriented features that have an obvious Java-like syntax , but there are some nuances of ActionScript 's object-oriented support that are not so Java-like.