public String asString ( ) { final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder ( ) ; boolean first = true ; for ( int i = 1 ; i < this . nodeList . size ( ) ; i ++ ) { final NodeImpl nodeImpl = ( NodeImpl ) this . nodeList . get ( i ) ; final String name = nodeImpl . asString ( ) ; if ( name . isEmpty ( ) ) { // skip the node if it does not contribute to the string representation of the path, eg // class level constraints continue ; } if ( ! first ) { builder . append ( PROPERTY_PATH_SEPARATOR ) ; } builder . append ( nodeImpl . asString ( ) ) ; first = false ; } return builder . toString ( ) ; }
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