org.odpi.openmetadata.adapters.repositoryservices.igc.clientlibrary.model.common

Class ObjectPrinter

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.adapters.repositoryservices.igc.clientlibrary.model.common.ObjectPrinter

Direct Known Subclasses:

Paging, Reference, ReferenceList

public abstract class ObjectPrinter
extends Object

Basic utility class to provide a standard mechanism through which to print out all of an asset's details in a standard way that can be easily JSON-esque formatted.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectPrinter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected ArrayList<Field>	getAllFields(Class clazz) Recurse up the class hierarchy to retrieve all fields that might hold data on an object.
String	toString() Provides a string representation of the object that can be easily read and formatted in JSON-esque fashion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectPrinter

public ObjectPrinter()

Method Detail

getAllFields

protected ArrayList<Field> getAllFields(Class clazz)

Recurse up the class hierarchy to retrieve all fields that might hold data on an object.

Parameters:

clazz - starting point for recursive retrieval of Fields

Returns:

ArrayList of all Fields

toString

public String toString()

Provides a string representation of the object that can be easily read and formatted in JSON-esque fashion.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String