tester
Class Printer

java.lang.Object
  tester.Printer

public class Printer
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

private static int	counter object counter
private static java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Integer>	hashmap a hashmap of the hashcodes for the objects that are being printed: if the same pair is compared again, the loop of printing stops and produces true
private static java.lang.String	INDENT current indentation level for pretty-printing
(package private) java.lang.Object	obj the object we wish to pretty-print
private static java.lang.String	result the resulting string produced

Constructor Summary

Printer()

Method Summary

private static java.lang.String	makeIterableStrings(java.util.Iterator it) Produce a String that represents the data generated by the given iterator -- comma separated.
private static java.lang.String	makeString(java.lang.Object obj) Produce a String representation of the given object.
static void	print(java.lang.Object obj) Print the values of the given object
static java.lang.String	produceString(java.lang.Object obj) Produce a String representation of the values of the given object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

obj

java.lang.Object obj

the object we wish to pretty-print

INDENT

private static java.lang.String INDENT

current indentation level for pretty-printing

result

private static java.lang.String result

the resulting string produced

counter

private static int counter

object counter

hashmap

private static java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Integer> hashmap

a hashmap of the hashcodes for the objects that are being printed: if the same pair is compared again, the loop of printing stops and produces true

Constructor Detail

Printer

public Printer()

Method Detail

print

public static void print(java.lang.Object obj)

Print the values of the given object

Parameters:

obj - the object to display in the console

produceString

public static java.lang.String produceString(java.lang.Object obj)

Produce a String representation of the values of the given object

Parameters:

obj - the object to represent

Returns:

a String representation of the values of the given object

makeString

private static java.lang.String makeString(java.lang.Object obj)

Produce a String representation of the given object.

Show String 'as is'.

For primitive datatypes and thier wrapper classes show the primitive values.

For all Arrays traverse over all elements.

For datatypes that implement Iterable interface traverse over all elements.

For datatypes that implement Traversal interface traverse over all elements.

For an instance of a declared class show all fields

Parameters:

obj - the given object

makeIterableStrings

private static java.lang.String makeIterableStrings(java.util.Iterator it)

Produce a String that represents the data generated by the given iterator -- comma separated.

Parameters:

it - the iterator for generating data

Returns:

the String that represents all generated data