ListStringifier

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import org.as2lib.core.BasicClass;
import org.as2lib.util.Stringifier;
import org.as2lib.data.holder.List;

/**
 * {@code ListStringifier} is the default stringifier used to stringify {@link List}
 * instances.
 *
 * @author Christoph Atteneder
 * @author Simon Wacker
 */
class org.as2lib.data.holder.list.ListStringifier extends BasicClass implements Stringifier {
    
    /**
     * Stringifies passed-in {@code target} that must be an instance of type
     * {link List}.
     * 
     * <p>The string representation is constructed as follows:
     * <pre>
     *   [firstlyAddedValue, secondlyAddedValue, ...]
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param target the list target to stringify
     * @return the string representation of the passed-in {@code target}
     */
    public function execute(target):String {
        var list:List = target;
        var result:String = "[";
        var values:Array = list.toArray();
        for (var i:Number = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
            if (i > 0) {
                result += ", ";
            }
            result += values[i].toString();
        }
        result += "]";
        return result;
    }
    
}