Printing Java Objects

We've extended the CLOS to be a bit more friendly to dealing with Java objects by allowing a JAVA:JCLASS specializer. This is especially useful for defining specializations of PRINT-OBJECT so that perhaps more useful information is returned when a JAVA-OBJECT is evaluated on the REPL.

For instance the following specialization would perhaps allow one to print more information about the contents of a java.util.Collection object

(defmethod print-object ((coll (java:jclass "java.util.Collection")) stream)
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If you are adding the class you wish to specialize on, you need to specify the classloader. For example if using JSS, you will need to do something like

(defmethod print-object ((device-id (java:jclass "dto.nbi.service.hdm.alcatel.com.NBIDeviceID" 
                                    (#"getBaseLoader" cl-user::*classpath-manager*)))
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