diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/AbstractData.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/AbstractData.java
index 56335c995..de2504d90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/AbstractData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/AbstractData.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractData<T> implements Data<T> {
     /**
      * Computes value's hash code by applying a hash function to {@code Data}'s <i>bytes</i>
      * representation.
+     *
+     * @implNote delegates to {@link #dataHashCode()}.
      */
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractData<T> implements Data<T> {
 
     /**
      * Compares {@code Data}s' <i>bytes</i> representations.
+     *
+     * @implNote delegates to {@link #dataEquals(Object)}.
      */
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
@@ -52,23 +56,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractData<T> implements Data<T> {
      * Delegates to {@code Data}'s <i>object</i> {@code toString()}. If deserialization fails with
      * exception (e. g. if data bytes are corrupted, and represent not a valid serialized form of
      * an object), traces the data's bytes and the exception.
+     *
+     * @implNote delegates to {@link #dataToString()}.
      */
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        T object;
-        try {
-            object = get();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            sb.append("failed to deserialize object from data with bytes: [");
-            RandomDataInput bs = bytes();
-            for (long off = offset(), lim = offset() + size(); off < lim; off++) {
-                sb.append(bs.printable(off));
-            }
-            sb.append("], exception: ");
-            sb.append(e);
-            return sb.toString();
-        }
-        return object.toString();
+        return dataToString();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/Data.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/Data.java
index 32dfe5d94..bc7c5de2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/Data.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/Data.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public interface Data<T> {
 
     /**
      * {@code Data} implementations should override {@link Object#hashCode()} with delegation to
-     * this method. Computes value's hash code by applying a hash function to {@code Data}'s
+     * this method. Computes {@code Data}'s hash code by applying a hash function to {@code Data}'s
      * <i>bytes</i> representation.
      */
     default int dataHashCode() {
@@ -150,4 +150,28 @@ public interface Data<T> {
                 obj instanceof Data &&
                 Data.bytesEquivalent(this, (Data<?>) obj);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * {@code Data} implementations should override {@link Object#toString()} with delegation to
+     * this method. Delegates to {@code Data}'s <i>object</i> {@code toString()}, i. e. equivalent
+     * to calling {@code get().toString()} on this {@code Data} instance with some fallback, if
+     * {@code get()} method throws an exception.
+     */
+    default String dataToString() {
+        T object;
+        try {
+            object = get();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            sb.append("failed to deserialize object from data with bytes: [");
+            RandomDataInput bs = bytes();
+            for (long off = offset(), lim = offset() + size(); off < lim; off++) {
+                sb.append(bs.printable(off));
+            }
+            sb.append("], exception: ");
+            sb.append(e);
+            return sb.toString();
+        }
+        return object.toString();
+    }
 }