SelfDescribing (Hamcrest 2.1 API)
Date: 2018-12-21

org.hamcrest

## Interface SelfDescribing

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    Matcher<T>
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    AllOf, AnyOf, ArrayAsIterableMatcher, BaseMatcher, BigDecimalCloseTo, CharSequenceLength, CombinableMatcher, CustomMatcher, CustomTypeSafeMatcher, DescribedAs, DiagnosingMatcher, Every, FeatureMatcher, HasEqualValues, HasItemInArray, HasProperty, HasPropertyWithValue, HasToString, HasXPath, Is, IsAnything, IsArray, IsArrayContainingInAnyOrder, IsArrayContainingInOrder, IsArrayWithSize, IsBlankString, IsCloseTo, IsCollectionContaining, IsCollectionWithSize, IsCompatibleType, IsEmptyCollection, IsEmptyIterable, IsEmptyString, IsEqual, IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace, IsEqualIgnoringCase, IsEventFrom, IsIn, IsInstanceOf, IsIterableContaining, IsIterableContainingInAnyOrder, IsIterableContainingInOrder, IsIterableContainingInRelativeOrder, IsIterableWithSize, IsMapContaining, IsMapWithSize, IsNaN, IsNot, IsNull, IsSame, MatchesPattern, SamePropertyValuesAs, SelfDescribingValue, StringContains, StringContainsInOrder, StringEndsWith, StringRegularExpression, StringStartsWith, SubstringMatcher, TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher, TypeSafeMatcher

      public interface SelfDescribing

  The ability of an object to describe itself.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `describeTo(Description description)` Generates a description of the object.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### describeTo

          void describeTo(Description description)

      Generates a description of the object. The description may be part of a a description of a larger object of which this is just a component, so it should be worded appropriately.
      Parameters:
        `description` - The description to be built or appended to.