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horndude77@gmail.com - 19 Nov 2005 04:51 GMT

Here's what I'd like to do. I have an object that does not have a
toString() method. I'd like to output what's contained in it in a
generic way for debugging. I've written the beginnings of a static
method to print out an object with reflection, but if there's a library
or code out there that already does this it would be better. I'm mostly
interested in the fields to show the data structure.I would think that
this would be a common problem, but in all of my searching I couldn't
find anything. Thanks for the help!

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Luc The Perverse - 19 Nov 2005 05:39 GMT

> Here's what I'd like to do. I have an object that does not have a
> toString() method. I'd like to output what's contained in it in a
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> this would be a common problem, but in all of my searching I couldn't
> find anything. Thanks for the help!

Really depends on what the object is. Typically I have found that by just
exporting the relevant information, either to a file, or just to a console
window that I can focus my effort on figuring out the problem.

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Real Gagnon - 19 Nov 2005 14:42 GMT

See http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0432.html
for an generic toString() method.

Bye.

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