Method toString

src/main/java/gate/util/Strings.java:187–197

Convert about any object to a human readable string. Use Arrays#deepToString(Object[]) to convert an array or a collection. @param object object to be converted to a string @return a string representation of the object, the empty string if null.

(Object object)

   * @return a string representation of the object, the empty string if null.
   */
  public static String toString(Object object) {
    if (object == null) {
      return "";
    } else if (object instanceof Object[]) {
      return Arrays.deepToString((Object[])object);
    } else if (object instanceof Collection) {
      return Arrays.deepToString(((Collection<?>)object).toArray());
    } else {
      return object.toString();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Create a String representation of a Set of String with the format