BaseBean.java

package com.splout.db.common;

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import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

/**
 * For convenience, beans will extend this class for having a neat toString() method.
 */
public class BaseBean {

  private final static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BaseBean.class);

  public String toString() {
    try {
      return BeanUtils.describe(this).toString();
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
      log.error("Error in toString() method", e);
    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
      log.error("Error in toString() method", e);
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
      log.error("Error in toString() method", e);
    }
    return super.toString();
  }
}