com.webobjects.monitor._private

Class _NSObjectUtilities

java.lang.Object

com.webobjects.monitor._private._NSObjectUtilities

public class _NSObjectUtilities
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	dumpObjectAsString(Object o, boolean showInterfaces, boolean showConstructors, boolean showFields, boolean getFields, boolean showMethods, boolean getMethodsJava, boolean getMethodsNext) These methods will eventually do an exhaustive dump of the Object in question using Reflection APIs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

dumpObjectAsString

public static String dumpObjectAsString(Object o,
                                        boolean showInterfaces,
                                        boolean showConstructors,
                                        boolean showFields,
                                        boolean getFields,
                                        boolean showMethods,
                                        boolean getMethodsJava,
                                        boolean getMethodsNext)
                                 throws IOException

These methods will eventually do an exhaustive dump of the Object in question using Reflection APIs. This is very slow, and outputs fully qualified _everything_. These are considered private API, even though they are publicly visible. Also note that this may alter the state of the object to be dumped - it is _not_ guaranteed to be free of side-effects.

Parameters:

o - object to dump

showInterfaces - - will show implemented interfaces

showConstructors - - will show available constructors

showFields - - will show ivars

getFields - - will attempt to get ivar values (only if showFields)

showMethods - - will show method signatures

getMethodsJava - - will attempt to invoke all methods starting with "get" and taking no arguments (only if showMethods)

getMethodsNext - - will attempt to invoke all methods with the same name as an ivar (ignoring starting '_') and taking no arguments (only if showMethods)

Returns:

serialized object

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong