org.springframework.expression.spel.ast

Class FormatHelper

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.FormatHelper

public class FormatHelper
extends java.lang.Object

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

Author:

Andy Clement

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FormatHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	formatClassNameForMessage(java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Produce a nice string for a given class object.
static java.lang.String	formatMethodForMessage(java.lang.String name, java.util.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 java.lang.String formatMethodForMessage(java.lang.String name,
                                                      java.util.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 java.lang.String formatClassNameForMessage(java.lang.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