StylerUtils.java

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package org.springframework.core.style;

/**
 * Simple utility class to allow for convenient access to value 
 * styling logic, mainly to support descriptive logging messages.
 *
 * <p>For more sophisticated needs, use the {@link ValueStyler} abstraction
 * directly. This class simply uses a shared {@link DefaultValueStyler}
 * instance underneath.
 *
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @since 1.2.2
 * @see ValueStyler
 * @see DefaultValueStyler
 */
public abstract class StylerUtils {
	
	/**
	 * Default ValueStyler instance used by the <code>style</code> method.
	 * Also available for the {@link ToStringCreator} class in this package.
	 */
	static final ValueStyler DEFAULT_VALUE_STYLER = new DefaultValueStyler();

	/**
	 * Style the specified value according to default conventions.
	 * @param value the Object value to style
	 * @return the styled String
	 * @see DefaultValueStyler
	 */
	public static String style(Object value) {
		return DEFAULT_VALUE_STYLER.style(value);
	}

}