diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Buffer.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Buffer.java
index ebb7d2bb2..a65381f31 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Buffer.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Buffer.java
@@ -423,5 +423,10 @@ public abstract class Buffer extends AbstractOpenCLObject {
         //default implementation, overwrite for better performance
         releaseBufferForSharingAsync(queue).release();
     }
-    
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Buffer (" + getSize() + "B)";
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Context.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Context.java
index fed3cd2a3..455ae3851 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Context.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Context.java
@@ -436,4 +436,10 @@ public abstract class Context extends AbstractOpenCLObject {
      * @return the new program
      */
     public abstract Program createProgramFromBinary(ByteBuffer binaries, Device device);
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Context (" + getDevices() + ')';
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Image.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Image.java
index f9d9d9f28..22c092fe2 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Image.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Image.java
@@ -532,6 +532,26 @@ memory layout in which channels are stored in the image.
         //default implementation, overwrite it for performance improvements
         releaseImageForSharingAsync(queue).release();
     }
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
+		str.append("Image (");
+		ImageType t = getImageType();
+		str.append(t);
+		str.append(", w=").append(getWidth());
+		if (t == ImageType.IMAGE_2D || t == ImageType.IMAGE_3D) {
+			str.append(", h=").append(getHeight());
+		}
+		if (t == ImageType.IMAGE_3D) {
+			str.append(", d=").append(getDepth());
+		}
+		if (t == ImageType.IMAGE_1D_ARRAY || t == ImageType.IMAGE_2D_ARRAY) {
+			str.append(", arrays=").append(getArraySize());
+		}
+		str.append(", ").append(getImageFormat());
+		str.append(')');
+		return str.toString();
+	}
     
-    //TODO: add variants of the above two methods that don't create the event object, but release the event immediately
 }
diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Kernel.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Kernel.java
index 09f22a813..7415f12d5 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Kernel.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/Kernel.java
@@ -424,7 +424,12 @@ public abstract class Kernel extends AbstractOpenCLObject {
         setArgs(args);
         RunNoEvent(queue);
     }
-    
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Kernel (" + getName() + ")";
+	}
+	
     /**
      * A placeholder for kernel arguments representing local kernel memory.
      * This defines the size of available shared memory of a {@code __shared} kernel
@@ -468,6 +473,12 @@ public abstract class Kernel extends AbstractOpenCLObject {
             }
             return true;
         }
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "LocalMem (" + size + "B)";
+		}
+		
     }
 
     /**
@@ -519,6 +530,12 @@ public abstract class Kernel extends AbstractOpenCLObject {
             }
             return true;
         }
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "LocalMemPerElement (" + size + "B)";
+		}
+		
     }
 
     /**
@@ -623,6 +640,21 @@ public abstract class Kernel extends AbstractOpenCLObject {
             }
             return true;
         }
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
+			str.append("WorkSize[");
+			for (int i=0; i<dimension; ++i) {
+				if (i>0) {
+					str.append(", ");
+				}
+				str.append(sizes[i]);
+			}
+			str.append(']');
+			return str.toString();
+		}
+		
     }
     
 }
diff --git a/jme3-jogl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/jocl/JoclPlatform.java b/jme3-jogl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/jocl/JoclPlatform.java
index 56d551180..a481e8818 100644
--- a/jme3-jogl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/jocl/JoclPlatform.java
+++ b/jme3-jogl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/jocl/JoclPlatform.java
@@ -124,4 +124,9 @@ public final class JoclPlatform implements Platform {
         return platform.getExtensions();
     }
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getName();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/jme3-lwjgl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java b/jme3-lwjgl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java
index 7d22d0aca..610b07e47 100644
--- a/jme3-lwjgl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java
+++ b/jme3-lwjgl/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java
@@ -124,4 +124,9 @@ public final class LwjglPlatform implements Platform {
         return Arrays.asList(platform.getInfoString(CL10.CL_PLATFORM_EXTENSIONS).split(" "));
     }
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getName();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java b/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java
index 74fc685c1..24b95f6c3 100644
--- a/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java
+++ b/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/opencl/lwjgl/LwjglPlatform.java
@@ -125,4 +125,9 @@ public final class LwjglPlatform implements Platform {
         return Arrays.asList(Info.clGetPlatformInfoStringASCII(platform.address(), CL10.CL_PLATFORM_EXTENSIONS).split(" "));
     }
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getName();
+	}
+
 }