Package com.helger.commons.string

Class ToStringGenerator

  • @NotThreadSafe
public final class ToStringGenerator
extends Object
    This is a utility class for easier toString method creations. It assumes that the toString method is only used for the representation of the internal state and not for creating human readable formats.

    A real world example for a final class derived from Object or a base class looks like this: 

     @Override
 public String toString ()
 {
   return new ToStringGenerator (this).append ("member1", member1).append ("member2", member2).toString ();
 }

    For a derived class, the typical code looks like this, assuming that the base class also used the ToStringGenerator: 

     @Override
 public String toString ()
 {
   return ToStringGenerator.getDerived (super.toString ())
                           .append ("member3", member3)
                           .append ("member4", member4)
                           .toString ();
 }
    Author:
    Philip Helger