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1 /* CharArrayWriter.java -- Write chars to a buffer
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39 package java.io;
41 /**
42 * This class allows data to be written to a char array buffer and
43 * and then retrieved by an application. The internal char array
44 * buffer is dynamically resized to hold all the data written. Please
45 * be aware that writing large amounts to data to this stream will
46 * cause large amounts of memory to be allocated.
47 * <p>
48 * The size of the internal buffer defaults to 32 and it is resized
49 * in increments of 1024 chars. This behavior can be over-ridden by using the
50 * following two properties:
51 * <p>
52 * <ul>
53 * <li><xmp>gnu.java.io.CharArrayWriter.initialBufferSize</xmp></li>
54 * <li><xmp>gnu.java.io.CharArrayWriter.bufferIncrementSize</xmp></li>
55 * </ul>
56 * <p>
57 * There is a constructor that specified the initial buffer size and
58 * that is the preferred way to set that value because it it portable
59 * across all Java class library implementations.
60 * <p>
62 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
63 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
65 public class CharArrayWriter extends Writer
67 /**
68 * The default initial buffer size
70 private static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE = 32;
72 /**
73 * This method initializes a new <code>CharArrayWriter</code> with
74 * the default buffer size of 32 chars. If a different initial
75 * buffer size is desired, see the constructor
76 * <code>CharArrayWriter(int size)</code>.
78 public CharArrayWriter ()
80 this (DEFAULT_INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
83 /**
84 * This method initializes a new <code>CharArrayWriter</code> with
85 * a specified initial buffer size.
87 * @param size The initial buffer size in chars
89 public CharArrayWriter (int size)
91 super ();
92 buf = new char[size];
95 /**
96 * Closes the stream. This method is guaranteed not to free the contents
97 * of the internal buffer, which can still be retrieved.
99 public void close ()
104 * This method flushes all buffered chars to the stream.
106 public void flush ()
111 * This method discards all of the chars that have been written to the
112 * internal buffer so far by setting the <code>count</code> variable to
113 * 0. The internal buffer remains at its currently allocated size.
115 public void reset ()
117 synchronized (lock)
119 count = 0;
124 * This method returns the number of chars that have been written to
125 * the buffer so far. This is the same as the value of the protected
126 * <code>count</code> variable. If the <code>reset</code> method is
127 * called, then this value is reset as well. Note that this method does
128 * not return the length of the internal buffer, but only the number
129 * of chars that have been written to it.
131 * @return The number of chars in the internal buffer
133 * @see #reset()
135 public int size ()
137 return count;
141 * This method returns a char array containing the chars that have been
142 * written to this stream so far. This array is a copy of the valid
143 * chars in the internal buffer and its length is equal to the number of
144 * valid chars, not necessarily to the the length of the current
145 * internal buffer. Note that since this method allocates a new array,
146 * it should be used with caution when the internal buffer is very large.
148 public char[] toCharArray ()
150 synchronized (lock)
152 char[] nc = new char[count];
153 System.arraycopy(buf, 0, nc, 0, count);
154 return nc;
159 * Returns the chars in the internal array as a <code>String</code>. The
160 * chars in the buffer are converted to characters using the system default
161 * encoding. There is an overloaded <code>toString()</code> method that
162 * allows an application specified character encoding to be used.
164 * @return A <code>String</code> containing the data written to this
165 * stream so far
167 public String toString ()
169 synchronized (lock)
171 return new String (buf, 0, count);
176 * This method writes the writes the specified char into the internal
177 * buffer.
179 * @param oneChar The char to be read passed as an int
181 public void write (int oneChar)
183 synchronized (lock)
185 resize (1);
186 buf[count++] = (char) oneChar;
191 * This method writes <code>len</code> chars from the passed in array
192 * <code>buf</code> starting at index <code>offset</code> into that buffer
194 * @param buffer The char array to write data from
195 * @param offset The index into the buffer to start writing data from
196 * @param len The number of chars to write
198 public void write (char[] buffer, int offset, int len)
200 synchronized (lock)
202 if (len >= 0)
203 resize (len);
204 System.arraycopy(buffer, offset, buf, count, len);
205 count += len;
210 * This method writes <code>len</code> chars from the passed in
211 * <code>String</code> <code>buf</code> starting at index
212 * <code>offset</code> into the internal buffer.
214 * @param str The <code>String</code> to write data from
215 * @param offset The index into the string to start writing data from
216 * @param len The number of chars to write
218 public void write (String str, int offset, int len)
220 synchronized (lock)
222 if (len >= 0)
223 resize (len);
224 str.getChars(offset, offset + len, buf, count);
225 count += len;
230 * This method writes all the chars that have been written to this stream
231 * from the internal buffer to the specified <code>Writer</code>.
233 * @param out The <code>Writer</code> to write to
235 * @exception IOException If an error occurs
237 public void writeTo (Writer out) throws IOException
239 synchronized (lock)
241 out.write(buf, 0, count);
245 /**
246 * Appends the Unicode character, <code>c</code>, to the output stream
247 * underlying this writer. This is equivalent to <code>write(c)</code>.
249 * @param c the character to append.
250 * @return a reference to this object.
251 * @since 1.5
253 public CharArrayWriter append(char c)
255 write(c);
256 return this;
259 /**
260 * Appends the specified sequence of Unicode characters to the
261 * output stream underlying this writer. This is equivalent to
262 * appending the results of calling <code>toString()</code> on the
263 * character sequence. As a result, the entire sequence may not be
264 * appended, as it depends on the implementation of
265 * <code>toString()</code> provided by the
266 * <code>CharSequence</code>. For example, if the character
267 * sequence is wrapped around an input buffer, the results will
268 * depend on the current position and length of that buffer.
270 * @param cs the character sequence to append. If cs is null,
271 * then the string "null" (the string representation of null)
272 * is appended.
273 * @return a reference to this object.
274 * @since 1.5
276 public CharArrayWriter append(CharSequence cs)
280 write(cs == null ? "null" : cs.toString());
282 catch (IOException _)
284 // Can't happen.
286 return this;
289 /**
290 * Appends the specified subsequence of Unicode characters to the
291 * output stream underlying this writer, starting and ending at the
292 * specified positions within the sequence. The behaviour of this
293 * method matches the behaviour of writing the result of
294 * <code>append(cs.subSequence(start,end))</code> when the sequence
295 * is not null.
297 * @param cs the character sequence to append. If cs is null,
298 * then the string "null" (the string representation of null)
299 * is appended.
300 * @param start the index of the first Unicode character to use from
301 * the sequence.
302 * @param end the index of the last Unicode character to use from the
303 * sequence.
304 * @return a reference to this object.
305 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if either of the indices are negative,
306 * the start index occurs after the end index, or the end index is
307 * beyond the end of the sequence.
308 * @since 1.5
310 public CharArrayWriter append(CharSequence cs, int start, int end)
314 write(cs == null ? "null" : cs.subSequence(start, end).toString());
316 catch (IOException _)
318 // Can't happen.
320 return this;
324 * This private method makes the buffer bigger when we run out of room
325 * by allocating a larger buffer and copying the valid chars from the
326 * old array into it. This is obviously slow and should be avoided by
327 * application programmers by setting their initial buffer size big
328 * enough to hold everything if possible.
330 private void resize (int len)
332 if (count + len >= buf.length)
334 int newlen = buf.length * 2;
335 if (count + len > newlen)
336 newlen = count + len;
337 char[] newbuf = new char[newlen];
338 System.arraycopy(buf, 0, newbuf, 0, count);
339 buf = newbuf;
344 * The internal buffer where the data written is stored
346 protected char[] buf;
349 * The number of chars that have been written to the buffer
351 protected int count;