pt.digitalis.dif.utils
Class ObjectFormatter

java.lang.Object
  pt.digitalis.dif.utils.ObjectFormatter

public class ObjectFormatter
extends Object

Helps to format an object for printing in human readable form

Author:

Pedro Viegas pviegas@digitalis.pt

Created on:

Dec 7, 2007

Constructor Summary

ObjectFormatter()

Method Summary

ObjectFormatter	addItem(String key, Object value) Adds an item to the buffer
ObjectFormatter	addItemIfNotNull(String key, Object value) Adds an item to the buffer if the value is not null
String	getFormatedObject()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectFormatter

public ObjectFormatter()

Method Detail

addItem

public ObjectFormatter addItem(String key,
                               Object value)

Adds an item to the buffer

Parameters:

key - the key that identifies the value

value - the value

Returns:

the updated instance (fluent interface)

addItemIfNotNull

public ObjectFormatter addItemIfNotNull(String key,
                                        Object value)

Adds an item to the buffer if the value is not null

Parameters:

key - the key that identifies the value

value - the value

Returns:

the updated instance (fluent interface)

getFormatedObject

public String getFormatedObject()

Returns:

the formatted object