revised TypedValue toString representation (SPR-7569)

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/TypedValue.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
 /**
  * Encapsulates an object and a type descriptor that describes it.
- * The type descriptor can hold generic information that would
- * not be accessible through a simple getClass() call on the object.
+ * The type descriptor can hold generic information that would not be
+ * accessible through a simple <code>getClass()</code> call on the object.
  *
  * @author Andy Clement
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class TypedValue {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public class TypedValue {
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
-		str.append("TypedValue: ").append(this.value).append(" of ").append(this.getTypeDescriptor());
+		str.append("TypedValue: '").append(this.value).append("' of [").append(getTypeDescriptor() + "]");
 		return str.toString();
 	}
 

org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectionHelperTests.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.ParseException;
 import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
@@ -36,8 +37,6 @@ import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelUtilities;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.FormatHelper;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpression;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.ReflectionHelper.ArgsMatchKind;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 
 /**
  * Tests for any helper code.
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ public class ReflectionHelperTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 	public void testTypedValue() {
 		TypedValue tValue = new TypedValue("hello");
 		Assert.assertEquals(String.class,tValue.getTypeDescriptor().getType());
-		Assert.assertEquals("TypedValue: hello of [TypeDescriptor java.lang.String]",tValue.toString());
+		Assert.assertEquals("TypedValue: 'hello' of [java.lang.String]",tValue.toString());
 	}
 	
 	@Test