Return a String representation of an object's overall identity

         
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Arrays;

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//Revised from springframework

/**
 * Miscellaneous object utility methods. Mainly for internal use within the
 * framework; consider Jakarta's Commons Lang for a more comprehensive suite
 * of object utilities.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Alex Ruiz
 * @since 19.03.2004
 * @see org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils
 */
abstract class ObjectUtils {

  private static final int INITIAL_HASH = 7;
  private static final int MULTIPLIER = 31;

  private static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
  private static final String NULL_STRING = "null";
  private static final String ARRAY_START = "{";
  private static final String ARRAY_END = "}";
  private static final String EMPTY_ARRAY = ARRAY_START + ARRAY_END;
  private static final String ARRAY_ELEMENT_SEPARATOR = ", ";



  /**
   * Return a String representation of an object's overall identity.
   * @param obj the object (may be <code>null</code>)
   * @return the object's identity as String representation,
   * or an empty String if the object was <code>null</code>
   */
  public static String identityToString(Object obj) {
    if (obj == null) {
      return EMPTY_STRING;
    }
    return obj.getClass().getName() + "@" + getIdentityHexString(obj);
  }

  /**
   * Return a hex String form of an object's identity hash code.
   * @param obj the object
   * @return the object's identity code in hex notation
   */
  public static String getIdentityHexString(Object obj) {
    return Integer.toHexString(System.identityHashCode(obj));
  }


}

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