com.steelypip.powerups.io

Class StringPrintWriter

java.lang.Object

java.io.Writer

java.io.PrintWriter

com.steelypip.powerups.io.StringPrintWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.io.Flushable, java.lang.Appendable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

public class StringPrintWriter
extends java.io.PrintWriter

Implements a reusable print-writer that targets a string. It is reusable in the sense that you can extract the internal string at any time as many times as you like and you can reset it to empty as well.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.PrintWriter

out

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringPrintWriter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	reset() Resets the internal string buffer to empty.
int	size() The number of characters printed to the string buffer so far.
char[]	toCharArray() Return the string buffer as a character array.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the characters printed so far as a string
void	writeTo(java.io.Writer out) Sends the characters printed so far to another Writer.

Methods inherited from class java.io.PrintWriter

append, append, append, checkError, clearError, close, flush, format, format, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, printf, printf, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, setError, write, write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringPrintWriter

public StringPrintWriter()

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Resets the internal string buffer to empty.

size

public int size()

The number of characters printed to the string buffer so far.

Returns:

how big would be the string be

toCharArray

public char[] toCharArray()

Return the string buffer as a character array.

Returns:

the characters printed so far

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the characters printed so far as a string

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the characters printed so far

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.Writer out)
             throws java.io.IOException

Sends the characters printed so far to another Writer.

Parameters:

out - the destination writer

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs.