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package org.springframework.core.style;
/**
* A strategy interface for pretty-printing <code>toString()</code> methods.
* Encapsulates the print algorithms; some other object such as a builder
* should provide the workflow.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @since 1.2.2
*/
public interface ToStringStyler {
/**
* Style a <code>toString()</code>'ed object before its fields are styled.
* @param buffer the buffer to print to
* @param obj the object to style
*/
void styleStart(StringBuffer buffer, Object obj);
/**
* Style a <code>toString()</code>'ed object after it's fields are styled.
* @param buffer the buffer to print to
* @param obj the object to style
*/
void styleEnd(StringBuffer buffer, Object obj);
/**
* Style a field value as a string.
* @param buffer the buffer to print to
* @param fieldName the he name of the field
* @param value the field value
*/
void styleField(StringBuffer buffer, String fieldName, Object value);
/**
* Style the given value.
* @param buffer the buffer to print to
* @param value the field value
*/
void styleValue(StringBuffer buffer, Object value);
/**
* Style the field separator.
* @param buffer buffer to print to
*/
void styleFieldSeparator(StringBuffer buffer);
}
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