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package com.esri.gpt.catalog.discovery;
/**
* Super-class for objects that participate in the discovery model.
*/
public class DiscoveryComponent {
/** constructors ============================================================ */
/** Default constructor. */
protected DiscoveryComponent() {}
/** methods ================================================================= */
/**
* Appends property information for the component to a StringBuffer.
* <br/>The method is intended to support "FINEST" logging.
* @param sb the StringBuffer to use when appending information
*/
public void echo(StringBuffer sb) {}
/**
* Returns the string representation of the object.
* @return the string
*/
@Override
public String toString() {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(getClass().getName()).append(" (\n");
echo(sb);
sb.append("\n) ===== end ").append(getClass().getName());
return sb.toString();
}
}