org.springframework.expression.spel.ast
Class FormatHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.FormatHelper

public class FormatHelper
extends Object

Utility methods (formatters, etc) used during parsing and evaluation.

Author:

Andy Clement

Constructor Summary

FormatHelper()

Method Summary

static String	formatClassNameForMessage(Class<?> clazz) Produce a nice string for a given class object.
static String	formatMethodForMessage(String name, List<TypeDescriptor> argumentTypes) Produce a nice string for a given method name with specified arguments.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FormatHelper

public FormatHelper()

Method Detail

formatMethodForMessage

public static String formatMethodForMessage(String name,
                                            List<TypeDescriptor> argumentTypes)

Produce a nice string for a given method name with specified arguments.

Parameters:

name - the name of the method

argumentTypes - the types of the arguments to the method

Returns:

nicely formatted string, eg. foo(String,int)

formatClassNameForMessage

public static String formatClassNameForMessage(Class<?> clazz)

Produce a nice string for a given class object. For example, a string array will have the formatted name "java.lang.String[]".

Parameters:

clazz - The class whose name is to be formatted

Returns:

a formatted string suitable for message inclusion