basic thing about toString,equal(),hashCode()

hello everyone
i am little confuse about toString(), equal(), hashCode(). please explain properly that when object class function get called when abstract collection class called and so on.
Please Explain with proper diagram and when toString() is used and when valueOf() used in string conversion please Explain . thanks

please "GOOGLE" . it would be better

Have you seen the Javadocs for these methods.

Hi Rakesh,

Please read this http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html , these are methods of object class. If its still unclear then post again in this link. We'll help.

-Vinod

Google for Angelika Langer Java equals which has lots of useful information in.