static String structure(Object o) { return structure(o, 0); } // leave to false, unless unstructure() breaks static boolean structure_allowShortening = false; static String structure(Object o, int stringSizeLimit) { if (o == null) return "null"; String name = o.getClass().getName(); new StringBuilder buf; if (o instanceof Collection) { for (Object x : (Collection) o) { if (buf.length() != 0) buf.append(", "); buf.append(structure(x, stringSizeLimit)); } return "[" + buf + "]"; } if (o instanceof Map) { for (Object e : ((Map) o).entrySet()) { if (buf.length() != 0) buf.append(", "); buf.append(structure(((Map.Entry) e).getKey(), stringSizeLimit)); buf.append("="); buf.append(structure(((Map.Entry) e).getValue(), stringSizeLimit)); } return "{" + buf + "}"; } if (o.getClass().isArray()) { int n = Array.getLength(o); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { if (buf.length() != 0) buf.append(", "); buf.append(structure(Array.get(o, i), stringSizeLimit)); } return "{" + buf + "}"; } if (o instanceof String) return quote(stringSizeLimit != 0 ? shorten((String) o, stringSizeLimit) : (String) o); // Need more cases? This should cover all library classes... if (name.startsWith("java.") || name.startsWith("javax.")) return String.valueOf(o); String shortName = o.getClass().getName().replaceAll("^main\\$", ""); // TODO: go to superclasses too Field[] fields = o.getClass().getDeclaredFields(); int numFields = 0; String fieldName = ""; for (Field field : fields) { if ((field.getModifiers() & Modifier.STATIC) != 0) continue; Object value; try { field.setAccessible(true); value = field.get(o); } catch (Exception e) { value = "?"; } fieldName = field.getName(); // put special cases here... if (value != null) { if (buf.length() != 0) buf.append(", "); buf.append(fieldName + "=" + structure(value, stringSizeLimit)); } ++numFields; } String b = buf.toString(); if (numFields == 1 && structure_allowShortening) b = b.replaceAll("^" + fieldName + "=", ""); // drop field name if only one String s = shortName; if (buf.length() != 0) s += "(" + b + ")"; return s; }