org.hamcrest
Class BaseDescription

java.lang.Object
  org.hamcrest.BaseDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

Description

Direct Known Subclasses:

StringDescription

public abstract class BaseDescription
extends Object
implements Description

A Description that is stored as a string.

Constructor Summary

BaseDescription()

Method Summary

protected abstract void	append(char c) Append the char c to the description.
protected void	append(String str) Append the String str to the description.
Description	appendDescriptionOf(SelfDescribing value) Appends the description of a SelfDescribing value to this description.
Description	appendList(String start, String separator, String end, Iterable<? extends SelfDescribing> values) Appends a list of SelfDescribing objects to the description.
Description	appendText(String text) Appends some plain text to the description.
Description	appendValue(Object value) Appends an arbitary value to the description.
<T> Description	appendValueList(String start, String separator, String end, Iterable<T> values) Appends a list of values to the description.
<T> Description	appendValueList(String start, String separator, String end, T... values) Appends a list of values to the description.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseDescription

public BaseDescription()

Method Detail

appendText

public Description appendText(String text)

Description copied from interface: Description

Appends some plain text to the description.

Specified by:

appendText in interface Description

appendDescriptionOf

public Description appendDescriptionOf(SelfDescribing value)

Description copied from interface: Description

Appends the description of a SelfDescribing value to this description.

Specified by:

appendDescriptionOf in interface Description

appendValue

public Description appendValue(Object value)

Description copied from interface: Description

Appends an arbitary value to the description.

Specified by:

appendValue in interface Description

appendValueList

public <T> Description appendValueList(String start,
                                       String separator,
                                       String end,
                                       T... values)

Description copied from interface: Description

Appends a list of values to the description.

Specified by:

appendValueList in interface Description

appendValueList

public <T> Description appendValueList(String start,
                                       String separator,
                                       String end,
                                       Iterable<T> values)

Description copied from interface: Description

Appends a list of values to the description.

Specified by:

appendValueList in interface Description

appendList

public Description appendList(String start,
                              String separator,
                              String end,
                              Iterable<? extends SelfDescribing> values)

Description copied from interface: Description

Appends a list of SelfDescribing objects to the description.

Specified by:

appendList in interface Description

append

protected void append(String str)

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

append

protected abstract void append(char c)

Append the char c to the description.