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package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;

/**
 * Utility methods (formatters, etc) used during parsing and evaluation.
 * 
 * @author Andy Clement
 */
public class FormatHelper {

	/**
	 * Produce a nice string for a given method name with specified arguments.
	 * @param name the name of the method
	 * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments to the method
	 * @return nicely formatted string, eg. foo(String,int)
	 */
	public static String formatMethodForMessage(String name, List<TypeDescriptor> argumentTypes) {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		sb.append(name);
		sb.append("(");
		for (int i = 0; i < argumentTypes.size(); i++) {
			if (i > 0) {
				sb.append(",");
			}
			sb.append(formatClassNameForMessage(argumentTypes.get(i).getType()));
		}
		sb.append(")");
		return sb.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Produce a nice string for a given class object. For example a string array will have the formatted name
	 * "java.lang.String[]".
	 * @param clazz The class whose name is to be formatted
	 * @return a formatted string suitable for message inclusion
	 */
	public static String formatClassNameForMessage(Class<?> clazz) {
		if (clazz == null) { 
			return "null";
		}
		StringBuilder fmtd = new StringBuilder();
		if (clazz.isArray()) {
			int dims = 1;
			Class baseClass = clazz.getComponentType();
			while (baseClass.isArray()) {
				baseClass = baseClass.getComponentType();
				dims++;
			}
			fmtd.append(baseClass.getName());
			for (int i = 0; i < dims; i++) {
				fmtd.append("[]");
			}
		} else {
			fmtd.append(clazz.getName());
		}
		return fmtd.toString();
	}

}
