Serialize a Java object to Java code?

Question

Is there an implementation that will serialize a Java object as Java code? For example, if I have the object

Map m = new Map

        

Answer 1

I had a similar problem recently and the little framework testrecorder evolved from it. It does also support objects not complying to the Java Bean Conventions. Your example be serializable like this:

Map m = new HashMap();
m.put("bar",new Integer(21));

CodeSerializer codeSerializer = new CodeSerializer();
System.out.println(codeSerializer.serialize(m)); // of course you can put this string to a file output stream

and the output would be:

 HashMap map1 = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 map1.put("foo", 21);

One may call serialize(Type, Object) to make map1 a more generic Type (e.g. Map or Map).