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 = 'EntityReferenceList<$typeStr>';
  if (withT) prefix = '<T:$T> $prefix';

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

  var ids = _ids;
  var entities = _entities;

  if (ids != null) {
    if (entities != null) {
      return '$prefix{ids: $ids}${entities.map((e) => '<$e>').toList(growable: false)}';
    } else {
      return '$prefix{ids: $ids}';
    }
  } else {
    return '$prefix${entities?.map((e) => '<$e>').toList(growable: false)}';
  }
}