toString method

@override String toString()

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() {
  final cached = _utf8Cache;
  if (cached != null) {
    return cached;
  }
  try {
    return _utf8Cache = utf8.decode(bytes, allowMalformed: true);
  } catch (e) {
    // Fallback for malformed UTF-8, though allowMalformed should handle most cases
    return _utf8Cache = latin1.decode(bytes, allowInvalid: true);
  }
}