Package com.globalmentor.model

Class Labels

java.lang.Object

com.globalmentor.model.Labels

public class Labels
extends Object

Utilities for working with human-readable representations of objects.

Author:

Garret Wilson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Labels()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CharSequence	getLabel(Object object)	Determines a human-readable representation of a given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Labels

public Labels()

Method Details

getLabel

public static CharSequence getLabel(Object object)

Determines a human-readable representation of a given object.

If the object is Labeled, Labeled.getLabel() is returned. Otherwise, if the object is a CharSequence it is returned unchanged; if not, Object.toString() is returned.

Parameters:

object - The object for which a label should be determined.

Returns:

A label meant for human consumption identifying the object.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the given object is null.

See Also:

• Labeled.getLabel()