+1
I've thought about something similar, just never did anything about
it. I like the idea of being able to exclude some fields from the
string build.
On 8/4/05, Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Right now, I use the code below to exclude password fields from output.
>
> /**
> * Builds a String for a toString method excluding the given field
> name.
> *
> * @param obj
> * The object to "toString".
> * @param excludeFieldName
> * The field name to exclude
> * @return The toString String.
> */
> public static String toStringExcluding(Object obj, final String
> excludeFieldName) {
> return (new ReflectionToStringBuilder(obj) {
> protected boolean accept(Field f) {
> return super.accept(f) &&
> !f.getName().equals(excludeFieldName);
> }
> }).toString();
> }
>
> I could imagine writing my call sites like this instead:
>
> new ReflectionToStringBuilder(obj).setExcludeFields(new
> String[]{"password"}).toString();
>
> Which means adding the set/getExcludeFields() feature.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Gary
>
>
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