PrettyPrinter.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2007 Cambridge Semantics Incorporated.
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package org.openanzo.rdf.utils;

/**
 * Utility class for pretty printing objects. Favors PrettyPrintable methods if available.
 * 
 * @author Joe Betz <jpbetz@cambridgesemantics.com>
 * 
 */
public class PrettyPrinter {

    /**
     * Pretty print the object if appropriate
     * 
     * @param object
     *            print the object if appropriate
     * @return the output either in pretty format or just with toString
     */
    public static String print(Object object) {
        StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
        if (object instanceof PrettyPrintable) {
            PrettyPrintable printable = (PrettyPrintable) object;
            printable.prettyPrint(output);
        } else {
            output.append(object.toString());
        }
        return output.toString();
    }

}