code: public static StringBuffer startToString(final Object object) {
  
          StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer("[");
          buffer.append(object.getClass().getName());
          buffer.append("@");
          buffer.append(Integer.toHexString(System.identityHashCode(object)));
          return buffer;
  
      }
docs: Creates a <code>StringBuffer</code> for the string representation of
  the given object.
  
  @param object
  the object to create the buffer for
  @return the buffer