RC9/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/PrettyPrintingUtils.java

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package org.apache.qpid.util;

/**
 * Contains pretty printing convenienve methods for producing formatted logging output, mostly for debugging purposes.
 *
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 * <tr><th> Responsibilities <th> Collaborations
 * </table>
 *
 * @todo Drop this. There are already array pretty printing methods it java.utils.Arrays.
 */
public class PrettyPrintingUtils
{
    /**
     * Pretty prints an array of ints as a string.
     *
     * @param array The array to pretty print.
     *
     * @return The pretty printed string.
     */
    public static String printArray(int[] array)
    {
        String result = "[";
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
        {
            result += array[i];
            result += (i < (array.length - 1)) ? ", " : "";
        }

        result += "]";

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Pretty prints an array of strings as a string.
     *
     * @param array The array to pretty print.
     *
     * @return The pretty printed string.
     */
    public static String printArray(String[] array)
    {
        String result = "[";
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
        {
            result += array[i];
            result += (i < (array.length - 1)) ? ", " : "";
        }

        result += "]";

        return result;
    }
}