Java equivalent of Python repr()?

Question

Is there a Java method that works like Python\'s repr? For example, assuming the function were named repr,

\"foo\\n\\tbar\".repr()

would re

Answer 1

don't think there's a specific method -- but this'll solve it without commons lang:

public class test {

public test() throws Exception {
    byte[] hello = "hello\n\tworld\n\n\t".getBytes();
    System.out.println(new String(hexToByte(stringToHex(hello).replaceAll("0a", "5c6e")
                                                              .replaceAll("09", "5c74"))));
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    new test();
}

public static String stringToHex(byte[] b) throws Exception {
    String result = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
        result += Integer.toString((b[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1);
    }
    return result;
}

public static byte[] hexToByte(String s) {
    int len = s.length();
    byte[] data = new byte[len / 2];
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
        data[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(s.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(s.charAt(i + 1), 16));
    }
    return data;
}

}