Auto generate toString method in a lot of entities

Question

I got a lot of entities, 160 to be specific. I need to override toString method in all of them. My question is: Is there some shortcut on Intellij or some external tool where I can auto generate toString method in all of those entities?

If you have a base class with ID, create and mod user and timestap, an elementary toString and hashCode can be done in the base class. — Joop Eggen, Jun 21 '22 at 09:05

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '18 at 03:32

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In Intellij i supposed it can be done like this :

Open the desired class for editing and do one of the following:
- On the main menu, choose Code | Generate.
- Right-click the editor and choose Generate on the context menu
- Press Alt+Insert.
From the pop-up list that shows up, select toString() option. Generate toString() wizard displays the list of fields in the class.

In eclipse it could be done aswell :

Right click the editor
Select Source
Then Select generate toString().
Then select all the fields you want.

answered Mar 15 '18 at 03:32

Karl Alexander

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I know how to auto generate toString method.... My question is to apply that method into all my entity classes.. – KiKo Mar 15 '18 at 22:34
Stuck with same issue, any idea how its done, I mean for multiple entities ? – KidWithAComputer Sep 14 '18 at 14:25
Working.. Thanks @Karl Alexander. – Abhay Koradiya Nov 20 '18 at 08:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '22 at 08:46

A little bit late, but the easiest way is to add Project Lombok to your project and then annotate all the entities with @ToString annotation.

Simple example:

import lombok.ToString;

@ToString
public class Account {

    private String id;

    private String name;

    // standard getters and setters or you can use @Getter and @Setter form lombok too
}

Here is the result when you call the toString method:

Account(id=12345, name=An account)

Auto generate toString method in a lot of entities

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