RestAssured - ResponseBody print() method mysterious

Question

Where is this print() method defined? I can't seem to figure out where the actual method is? It just seems to work like magic. I know what an interface is. I'm asking explicitly, if I run er.response().getBody().print(); then where is the print method defined for RestAssured? I haven't overridden it.

public interface ResponseBody<T extends ResponseBody<T>> extends ResponseBodyExtractionOptions {
    String print();
...
...
}

For example, I'm running:

er.response().getBody().print();

Yet none of the classes below print seem to have print defined.

Possible duplicate of [What is an interface in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1321122/what-is-an-interface-in-java) — xenteros, Aug 25 '16 at 14:37
No, I know what an interface is. I'm asking explicitly, if I run er.response().getBody().print(); then where is the print method defined for RestAssured? I haven't overridden it. — Ryan G, Aug 25 '16 at 20:14
Well, someone has. Call `getClass()` on the value returned by `getBody` to find out. — Sotirios Delimanolis, Aug 26 '16 at 14:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '16 at 19:27

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Thanks for the stupid downvotes. In fact, you were wrong, this wasn't an interface question.

I appreciate Sotirios Delimanolis' comment, I did not know about the getClass() method.

Running this method revealed print() is defined in the String class.

answered Sep 08 '16 at 19:27

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