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Paul Benedict commented on LANG-420: ------------------------------------ Good point. Without the qualifier, I rather call it (i.e.) 'nullSafeToString' to make its purpose clear., > Rename ObjectUtils.toString() to asString(). > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: LANG-420 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-420 > Project: Commons Lang > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 2.3 > Reporter: Stephen Kestle > Priority: Trivial > Original Estimate: 0.5h > Remaining Estimate: 0.5h > > With Java 5 static method inlining, methods do not require class qualifying > *unless* the class already has the method. > For this reason, ObjectUtlis.toString() cannot be inlined to toString(), as > Object has a toString() method. > It would be nice for it to have a name that could be statically imported, > such as asString. This would follow the naming convention of Arrays.asList() > Note that this DOES NOT need a java 5 version of lang. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.