org.eclipse.mat.snapshot.model

Class PrettyPrinter

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.mat.snapshot.model.PrettyPrinter

public final class PrettyPrinter
extends Object

Utility class to extract String representations of heap dump objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	arrayAsString(IPrimitiveArray charArray, int offset, int count, int limit) Convert a char[] object into a String.
static String	objectAsString(IObject stringObject, int limit) Convert a java.lang.String object into a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

objectAsString

public static String objectAsString(IObject stringObject,
                                    int limit)
                             throws SnapshotException

Convert a java.lang.String object into a String.

Parameters:

stringObject - the String object in the dump

limit - maximum number of characters to return

Returns:

the value of the string from the dump, as a String

Throws:

SnapshotException

arrayAsString

public static String arrayAsString(IPrimitiveArray charArray,
                                   int offset,
                                   int count,
                                   int limit)

Convert a char[] object into a String. Unprintable characters are returned as \\unnnn values

Parameters:

charArray -

offset - where to start

count - how many characters to read

limit - the maximum number of characters to read

Returns:

the characters as a string