ObjectStringifier

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import org.as2lib.core.BasicClass;
import org.as2lib.util.Stringifier;
import org.as2lib.env.reflect.ReflectUtil;

/**
 * {@code ObjectStringifier} is the most basic stringifier form.
 *
 * <p>It stringifies all kinds of objects, this means classes, instances and 
 * primitives.
 * 
 * @author Simon Wacker
 */
class org.as2lib.core.ObjectStringifier extends BasicClass implements Stringifier {
    
    /**
     * Returns the string representation of the passed-in {@code target} object.
     * 
     * <p>The string representation is composed as follows:
     * <pre>
     *   [type theFullQualifiedNameOfTheObjectsType]
     * </pre>
     * 
     * <p>The string representation of the class {@code org.as2lib.core.BasicClass} or
     * instances of it looks like this:
     * <pre>
     *   [type org.as2lib.core.BasicClass]
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param target the target object to stringify
     * @return the string representation of the passed-in {@code target} object
     */
    public function execute(target):String {
        return "[type " + ReflectUtil.getTypeName(target) + "]";
    }
    
}