AutoValue: Nested toString()

An extension for Google's AutoValue that prepends the enclosing classes' names to the toString() method of a @Nested annotated nested class.

Usage

Apply the @Nested annotation to any nested class whose toString() you wish to modify in order to include the enclosing classes.

public class TopLevelClass {

  public static class NestedClass {
  
    @AutoValue
    @Nested
    public static abstract class NestedInNestedClass {
       public abstract String property();
    }
  }
}

When you call a NestedInNestedClass instance's toString() this will include the enclosing classes at the beginning

TopLevelClass.NestedClass.NestedInNestedClass{property=name} //auto-value-nested-tostring

as opposed to AutoValue's default (simple class name)

NestedInNestedClass{property=name} //AutoValue's default

Download

Add a Gradle dependency:

annotationProcessor 'com.christiangp:auto-value-nested-tostring:<latest_version>'
provided 'com.christiangp:auto-value-nested-tostring-annotations:<latest_version>'

or Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.christiangp</groupId>
  <artifactId>auto-value-nested-tostring</artifactId>
  <version>$latest_version</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

License

Copyright (c) 2017 Christian García

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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