Converting objects into Strings

Question

How would someone convert an object of say (String, int, double, String) into a readable string. I tried the toString() method but all I get is something like this
Student@1f12c4e

Answer 1

..I'm not sure I understand "how" to override. The whole point of this project is to use quicksort on a list of students, unfortunately all I get is the address whenever I use the .toStrings() method.
Here's what I have, any help would be greatly appreciated-so very close
import cs1.Keyboard;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class StudentTraverse
public static void main(String[] args)
String newName;
int newSocial;
double newGPAs;
String newMajors;
System.out.println("How many Students would you like to add");
Student newStudent;
StudentList12 WORK = new StudentList12();
int total = Keyboard.readInt();
for(int number = total; number > 0; number--)
System.out.println("Name?");
newName = Keyboard.readString();
System.out.println("Social?");
newSocial = Keyboard.readInt();
System.out.println("GPA?");
newGPAs = Keyboard.readDouble();
System.out.println("Major?");
newMajors = Keyboard.readString();
newStudent = new Student(newName, newSocial, newGPAs, newMajors);
System.out.println("Inserting: "+newStudent.toString());
WORK.add(newStudent);
for(total = 0; total < WORK.size(); total++)
System.out.println("top" total": "+WORK.top(total).toString());
try
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("LIST.out"));
while (in.ready())
// Print file line to scree
System.out.println (in.readLine());
in.close();
catch (Exception e)
System.err.println("File input error");
public class StudentNode
public Student student;
public StudentNode next;
public StudentNode()
next = null;
student = null;
public StudentNode(Student d, StudentNode n)
student = d;
next = n;
public void setNext(StudentNode n)
next = n;
public void setData(Student d)
data = d;
public StudentNode getNext()
return next;
public Student getData()
return data;
public String toString()
return ""+data;
public StudentNode(Student newStudent)
METHOD NAME: StudentNode
AUTHOR:
DATE OF CREATION: Nov 20, 2004
DATE OF UPDATES: Nov 28, 2004
PURPOSE: Acts as a node for the Student list
ALGORITHM:Acts as node for the list
INSTANCE VARIABLES: none
student = newStudent;
next = null;
public class Student
private String name;
private int social;
private double GPA;
private String Major;
public Student(String newName, int newSocial, double newGPAs, String newMajors)
METHOD NAME: Student
AUTHOR:
DATE OF CREATION: Nov 20, 2004
DATE OF UPDATES: Nov 28, 2004
PURPOSE: The actual Student class, determines what is allowed in the array
ALGORITHM:Declare what variables will be needed for the program
INSTANCE VARIABLES: String name, int social, double GPA, String Major
name = newName;
social = newSocial;
GPA = newGPAs;
Major = newMajors;
import java.io.*;
import cs1.Keyboard;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.util.*;
public class StudentList12
private StudentNode list;
static int i = 0;
public StudentList12()
METHOD NAME: StudentList12
AUTHOR:
DATE OF CREATION: Nov 20, 2004
DATE OF UPDATES: Nov 28, 2004
PURPOSE: Declares the Node
ALGORITHM:Declare the Node
INSTANCE VARIABLES: none
list = null;
public boolean isEmpty()
return list == null;
public int size()
return i;
public void add(Student newStudent)
METHOD NAME: add
AUTHOR:
DATE OF CREATION: Nov 20, 2004
DATE OF UPDATES: Nov 28, 2004
PURPOSE: Let's users add objects to the array of objects
ALGORITHM:Traverses the current list and adds object to the end
INSTANCE VARIABLES: none
list = new StudentNode(newStudent, list);
i++;
current = current.next;
current.next = node;
public Student remove()
if(isEmpty())
return null;
StudentNode tmp = list;
list = tmp.getNext();
i--;
return tmp.getData();
public void insertEnd(Student newStudent)
if(isEmpty())
add(newStudent);
else
StudentNode t = list;
while(t.getNext() != null)
t=t.getNext();
StudentNode tmp = new StudentNode(newStudent, t.getNext());
t.setNext(tmp);
i++;
public Student removeEnd()
if(isEmpty())
return null;
if(list.getNext() == null)
return remove();
StudentNode t = list;
while(t.getNext().getNext() != null)
t = t.getNext();
Student newStudent = t.getNext().getData();
t.setNext(t.getNext().getNext());
i--;
return newStudent;
public Student top(int n)
StudentNode t = list;
for(int i = 0; i <n && t != null; i++)
t = t.getNext();
return t.getData();
public void writeToFile(int n)
int z = n;
try
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("LIST.out")));
for(int counter = z; counter >= 0; counter--)
System.out.println(counter);
out.close();
catch(Exception e)
System.err.println("Couldn't Write File");
try
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("LIST.out")));
out.write(list.toString());
out.close();
catch(Exception e)
System.err.println("Couldn't Write File");
}