org.hamcrest
Class StringDescription

java.lang.Object
  org.hamcrest.BaseDescription
      org.hamcrest.StringDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

Description

public class StringDescription
extends BaseDescription

A Description that is stored as a string.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.hamcrest.Description

Description.NullDescription

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.hamcrest.Description

NONE

Constructor Summary

StringDescription()

StringDescription(Appendable out)

Method Summary

protected void	append(char c) Append the char c to the description.
protected void	append(String str) Append the String str to the description.
static String	asString(SelfDescribing selfDescribing) Alias for toString(SelfDescribing).
String	toString() Returns the description as a string.
static String	toString(SelfDescribing selfDescribing) Return the description of a SelfDescribing object as a String.

Methods inherited from class org.hamcrest.BaseDescription

appendDescriptionOf, appendList, appendText, appendValue, appendValueList, appendValueList

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringDescription

public StringDescription()

StringDescription

public StringDescription(Appendable out)

Method Detail

toString

public static String toString(SelfDescribing selfDescribing)

Return the description of a SelfDescribing object as a String.

Parameters:

selfDescribing - The object to be described.

Returns:

The description of the object.

asString

public static String asString(SelfDescribing selfDescribing)

Alias for toString(SelfDescribing).

append

protected void append(String str)

Description copied from class: BaseDescription

Append the String str to the description. The default implementation passes every character to BaseDescription.append(char). Override in subclasses to provide an efficient implementation.

Overrides:

append in class BaseDescription

append

protected void append(char c)

Description copied from class: BaseDescription

Append the char c to the description.

Specified by:

append in class BaseDescription

toString

public String toString()

Returns the description as a string.

Overrides:

toString in class Object