storage

Class StringDump

java.lang.Object

storage.StringDump

public class StringDump
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to dump Objects to string using reflection and recursion.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringDump()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	dump(java.lang.Object object) Uses reflection and recursion to dump the contents of the given object using a custom, JSON-like notation (but not JSON).
static java.lang.String	dump(java.lang.Object object, boolean isIncludingStatics) Uses reflection and recursion to dump the contents of the given object using a custom, JSON-like notation (but not JSON).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringDump

public StringDump()

Method Detail

dump

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

Uses reflection and recursion to dump the contents of the given object using a custom, JSON-like notation (but not JSON). Does not format static fields.

See also: dump(Object, boolean, IdentityHashMap, int)

Parameters:

object - the Object to dump using reflection and recursion

Returns:

a custom-formatted string representing the internal values of the parsed object

dump

public static java.lang.String dump(java.lang.Object object,
                                    boolean isIncludingStatics)

Uses reflection and recursion to dump the contents of the given object using a custom, JSON-like notation (but not JSON).

Parses all fields of the runtime class including super class fields, which are successively prefixed with "super." at each level.

Numbers, enums, and null references are formatted using the standard String.valueOf() method. CharSequences s are wrapped with quotes.

The recursive call invokes only one method on each recursive call, so limit of the object-graph depth is one-to-one with the stack overflow limit.

Backwards references are tracked using a "visitor map" which is an instance of IdentityHashMap. When an existing object reference is encountered the "sysId" is printed and the recursion ends.

Parameters:

object - the Object to dump using reflection and recursion

isIncludingStatics - true if static fields should be dumped, false to skip them

Returns:

a custom-formatted string representing the internal values of the parsed object