What is the Java equivalent of PHP var_dump?

Question

PHP has a var_dump() function which outputs the internal contents of an object, showing an object\'s type and content.

For example:

Answer 1

I like to use GSON because it's often already a dependency of the type of projects I'm working on:

public static String getDump(Object o) {
    return new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create().toJson(o);
}

Or substitute GSON for any other JSON library you use.

Answer 2

I use Jestr with reasonable results.

Answer 3

I think that the best way to do It, is using google-gson (A Java library to convert JSON to Java objects and vice-versa)

Download It, add "jar" file to your project

HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();

map.put("key_1", "Baku");
map.put("key_2", "Azerbaijan");
map.put("key_3", "Ali Mamedov");

Gson gson = new Gson();

System.out.println(gson.toJson(map));

Output:

{"key_3":"Ali Mamedov","key_2":"Azerbaijan","key_1":"Baku"}

You can convert any object (arrays, lists and etc) to JSON. I think, that It is the best analog of PHP's var_dump()

Answer 4

Just to addup on the Field solution (the setAccessible) so that you can access private variable of an object:

public static void dd(Object obj) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
    Field[] fields = obj.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
    for (int i=0; i<fields.length; i++)
    {
        fields[i].setAccessible(true);
        System.out.println(fields[i].getName() + " - " + fields[i].get(obj));
    } 

}

Answer 5

I found this method to dump object, try this String dump(Object object)