toString method

@override String toString({ bool withT = true, })

A string representation of this object.

Some classes have a default textual representation, often paired with a static parse function (like int.parse). These classes will provide the textual representation as their string representation.

Other classes have no meaningful textual representation that a program will care about. Such classes will typically override toString to provide useful information when inspecting the object, mainly for debugging or logging.

Implementation

@override
String toString({bool withT = true}) {
  var typeStr = _type?.toString() ?? _typeName ?? '?';
  var prefix = 'EntityReference<$typeStr>';
  if (withT) prefix = '<T:$T> $prefix';

  if (isNull) {
    return '$prefix{null}';
  }

  var id = _id;
  var entity = _entity;

  if (id != null) {
    if (entity != null) {
      return '$prefix{id: $id}<$entity>';
    } else {
      return '$prefix{id: $id}';
    }
  } else {
    return '$prefix<$entity>';
  }
}