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  3. February 2002

RE: Thought Question

>Is it "correct" to use the toString method on the Object, rather than
>casting it to String?

The toString method of the object will return the same value no matter what
kind
of variable is referring to it.

>Which is more efficient?

Casting the object to a String requires a run-time check that the object can
in
fact be cast to a String.  However, the answer to that question is almost
always
"Try it in your environment and see if there's any difference at all".

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