org.glassfish.pfl.basic.algorithm
Class ObjectUtility

java.lang.Object
  org.glassfish.pfl.basic.algorithm.ObjectUtility

public final class ObjectUtility
extends java.lang.Object

General object related utilities.

Constructor Summary

ObjectUtility(boolean isIndenting, int initialLevel, int increment)

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	compactObjectToString(java.lang.Object object) A convenience method that gives the default behavior: do not use indenting to display the object's structure.
static java.lang.String	defaultObjectToString(java.lang.Object object) A convenience method that gives the default behavior: use indenting to display the object's structure and do not use built-in toString methods.
java.lang.String	objectToString(java.lang.Object obj) objectToString handles display of arbitrary objects.
ObjectUtility	useToString(java.lang.Class cls)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ObjectUtility

public ObjectUtility(boolean isIndenting,
                     int initialLevel,
                     int increment)

Method Detail

useToString

public ObjectUtility useToString(java.lang.Class cls)

defaultObjectToString

public static java.lang.String defaultObjectToString(java.lang.Object object)

A convenience method that gives the default behavior: use indenting to display the object's structure and do not use built-in toString methods.

Parameters:

object - Object to print.

Returns:

the String representation of obj.

compactObjectToString

public static java.lang.String compactObjectToString(java.lang.Object object)

A convenience method that gives the default behavior: do not use indenting to display the object's structure.

Parameters:

object - Object to print.

Returns:

the String representation of obj.

objectToString

public java.lang.String objectToString(java.lang.Object obj)

objectToString handles display of arbitrary objects. It correctly handles objects whose elements form an arbitrary graph. It uses reflection to display the contents of any kind of object. An object's toString() method may optionally be used, but the default is to ignore all toString() methods except for those defined for primitive types, primitive type wrappers, and strings.