NAME

JMX::Jmx4Perl::Util - Utility methods for Jmx4Perl

DESCRIPTION

This class contains utility methods mostly for tools like "jmx4perl" or "j4psh" for things like formatting data output. All methods are 'static' methods which needs to be called like in

   JMX::Jmx4Perl::Util->dump_value(...);

There is no constructor.

$is_object = JMX::Jmx4Perl::Util->is_object_to_dump($val): For dumping out, checks whether $val is an object (i.e. it is a ref but not a JSON::XS::Boolean) or not.
$text = JMX::Jmx4Perl::Util->dump_value($value,{ format => "json", boolean_string =>1}): Return a formatted text representation useful for tools printing out complex response values. Two modes are available: "data" which is the default and uses Data::Dumper for creating a textual description and "json" which return the result as JSON value. When "data" is used as format, booleans are returned as 0 for false and 1 for true exception when the option "boolean_string" is given in which case it returns "true" or "false".
$dump = JMX::Jmx4Perl::Util->dump_scalar($val,$format): Dumps a scalar value with special handling for booleans. If $val is a JSON::XS::Boolean it is returned as string formatted according to $format. $format must contain two values separated bu "/". The first part is taken for a "true" value, the second for a "false" value. If no $format is given, "[true]/[false]" is used.