diff --git a/lib/sof/all.rb b/lib/sof/all.rb
index 49ce053e..2071b35a 100644
--- a/lib/sof/all.rb
+++ b/lib/sof/all.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+require_relative "util"
 require_relative "members"
+require_relative "known"
 require_relative "writer"
 require_relative "array"
 require_relative "occurence"
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ FalseClass.class_eval do
 end
 String.class_eval do
   def to_sof(io, members)
+    io.write "'"
     io.write self
+    io.write "'"
   end
 end
 Fixnum.class_eval do
diff --git a/lib/sof/writer.rb b/lib/sof/writer.rb
index fc29c911..f3e5115a 100644
--- a/lib/sof/writer.rb
+++ b/lib/sof/writer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module Sof
   class Writer
+    include Util
     def initialize members
       @members = members
     end
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ module Sof
     end
 
     def output io , object
-      if Members.is_value?(object)
+      if is_value?(object)
         object.to_sof(io , self)
         return
       end
@@ -19,21 +20,33 @@ module Sof
       raise "no object #{object}" unless occurence
       indent = " " * occurence.level
       io.write indent
-      if(object.respond_to? :to_sof)
+      if(object.respond_to? :to_sof) #mainly meant for arrays and hashes
         object.to_sof(io , self)
       else
-        io.write object.class.name
-        if( object.respond_to?(:attributes))
-          object.attributes.each do |a|
-            val = object.send a
-            io.write( a )
-            io.write( " " )
-            output( io , val)
-          end
-          io.puts ""
-        else 
-          raise "General object not supported (yet), need attribute method #{object}"
-        end
+        object_write(object , io)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def object_write( object , io)
+      io.write object.class.name
+      io.write "("
+      attributes = attributes_for(object)
+      attributes.each_with_index do |a , i|
+        val = get_value(object , a)
+        next unless is_value?(val)
+        io.write( a )
+        io.write( ": " )
+        output( io , val)
+        io.write(" ,") unless i == (attributes.length - 1)
+      end
+      io.puts ")"
+      attributes.each_with_index do |a , i|
+        val = get_value(object , a)
+        next if is_value?(val)
+        io.puts " -"
+        io.write( a )
+        io.write( ": " )
+        output( io , val)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/sof.rb b/test/sof.rb
index 0ff33fdd..061edd1a 100644
--- a/test/sof.rb
+++ b/test/sof.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 require_relative "helper"
 
-class SimpleObjectWithAttributes
+class ObjectWithAttributes
+  def initialize
+    @name = "some object"
+    @number = 1234
+  end
 end
 
 class BasicSof < MiniTest::Test
@@ -13,5 +17,8 @@ class BasicSof < MiniTest::Test
     out = Sof::Writer.write(124)
     assert_equal  "124" , out
   end
-
+  def test_object
+    out = Sof::Writer.write(ObjectWithAttributes.new)
+    assert_equal " ObjectWithAttributes(name: 'some object' ,number: 1234)\n" , out
+  end
 end
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