Merge pull request #9451 from ricardomoreirab/master

[BAEL-4136] What is this: [Ljava.lang.Object;?

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-guides/src/test/java/com/baeldung/arrays/JavaArraysToStringUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class JavaArraysToStringUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInstanceOfArray_whenTryingToConvertToString_thenNameOfClassIsShown() {
+        Object[] arrayOfObjects = { "John", 2, true };
+        assertTrue(arrayOfObjects.toString().startsWith("[Ljava.lang.Object;"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInstanceOfArray_whenUsingArraysToStringToConvert_thenValueOfObjectsAreShown() {
+        Object[] arrayOfObjects = { "John", 2, true };
+        assertEquals(Arrays.toString(arrayOfObjects), "[John, 2, true]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInstanceOfDeepArray_whenUsingArraysDeepToStringToConvert_thenValueOfInnerObjectsAreShown() {
+        Object[] innerArray = { "We", "Are", "Inside" };
+        Object[] arrayOfObjects = { "John", 2, innerArray };
+        assertEquals(Arrays.deepToString(arrayOfObjects), "[John, 2, [We, Are, Inside]]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInstanceOfDeepArray_whenUsingStreamsToConvert_thenValueOfObjectsAreShown() {
+        Object[] arrayOfObjects = { "John", 2, true };
+        List<String> listOfString = Stream.of(arrayOfObjects)
+          .map(Object::toString)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        assertEquals(listOfString.toString(), "[John, 2, true]");
+    }
+}