10. It expects a reference to a String as a parameter.



Answer:
Just as the program is about to close, how many objects have been created?     Four, counting the String object.
Has any garbage been created?    No, because a reference variable points to each object.






Automatic Call of toString()






It looks like the following will not work:




    
        

            
                
Point a = new Point();  // a is a Point reference

System.out.println( a ); 
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                    +--- should be String reference

            		
        

    


However, it does work, for the following reason:
When a parameter should be a String reference, but is a reference to another type of object, Java calls the object's toString() method to create a String and then uses the resulting String reference.
All objects (of any type at all) have their own toString() method, so this trick works with any object.












Question 10:
(Puzzle: ) Does a String object have a toString() method?