src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/StringWriter.java

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package java.io;


import java.util.Objects;

/**
 * A character stream that collects its output in a string buffer, which can
 * then be used to construct a string.
 * <p>
 * Closing a {@code StringWriter} has no effect. The methods in this class
 * can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an
 * {@code IOException}.
 *
 * @author      Mark Reinhold
 * @since       1.1
 */

public class StringWriter extends Writer {

    private final StringBuffer buf;

    /**
     * Create a new string writer using the default initial string-buffer
     * size.
     */
    public StringWriter() {
        buf = new StringBuffer();
        lock = buf;
    }

    /**
     * Create a new string writer using the specified initial string-buffer
     * size.
     *
     * @param initialSize
     *        The number of {@code char} values that will fit into this buffer
     *        before it is automatically expanded
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *         If {@code initialSize} is negative
     */
    public StringWriter(int initialSize) {
        if (initialSize < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative buffer size");
        }
        buf = new StringBuffer(initialSize);
        lock = buf;
    }

    /**
     * Write a single character.
     */
    public void write(int c) {
        buf.append((char) c);
    }

    /**
     * Write a portion of an array of characters.
     *
     * @param  cbuf  Array of characters
     * @param  off   Offset from which to start writing characters
     * @param  len   Number of characters to write
     *
     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *          If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len} is negative,
     *          or {@code off + len} is negative or greater than the length
     *          of the given array
     */
    public void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) {
        Objects.checkFromIndexSize(off, len, cbuf.length);
        if (len == 0) {
            return;
        }
        buf.append(cbuf, off, len);
    }

    /**
     * Write a string.
     */
    public void write(String str) {
        buf.append(str);
    }

    /**
     * Write a portion of a string.
     *
     * @param  str  String to be written
     * @param  off  Offset from which to start writing characters
     * @param  len  Number of characters to write
     *
     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *          If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len} is negative,
     *          or {@code off + len} is negative or greater than the length
     *          of the given string
     */
    public void write(String str, int off, int len)  {
        buf.append(str, off, off + len);
    }

    /**
     * Appends the specified character sequence to this writer.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method of the form {@code out.append(csq)}
     * when {@code csq} is not {@code null}, behaves in exactly the same way
     * as the invocation
     *
     * {@snippet lang=java :
     *     out.write(csq.toString())
     * }
     *
     * <p> Depending on the specification of {@code toString} for the
     * character sequence {@code csq}, the entire sequence may not be
     * appended. For instance, invoking the {@code toString} method of a
     * character buffer will return a subsequence whose content depends upon
     * the buffer's position and limit.
     *
     * @param  csq
     *         The character sequence to append.  If {@code csq} is
     *         {@code null}, then the four characters {@code "null"} are
     *         appended to this writer.
     *
     * @return  This writer
     *
     * @since  1.5
     */
    public StringWriter append(CharSequence csq) {
        write(String.valueOf(csq));
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
     * {@code out.append(csq, start, end)} when {@code csq}
     * is not {@code null}, behaves in
     * exactly the same way as the invocation
     *
     * {@snippet lang=java :
     *     out.write(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString())
     * }
     *
     * @param  csq
     *         The character sequence from which a subsequence will be
     *         appended.  If {@code csq} is {@code null}, then characters
     *         will be appended as if {@code csq} contained the four
     *         characters {@code "null"}.
     *
     * @param  start
     *         The index of the first character in the subsequence
     *
     * @param  end
     *         The index of the character following the last character in the
     *         subsequence
     *
     * @return  This writer
     *
     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *          If {@code start} or {@code end} are negative, {@code start}
     *          is greater than {@code end}, or {@code end} is greater than
     *          {@code csq.length()}
     *
     * @since  1.5
     */
    public StringWriter append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) {
        if (csq == null) csq = "null";
        return append(csq.subSequence(start, end));
    }

    /**
     * Appends the specified character to this writer.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method of the form {@code out.append(c)}
     * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
     *
     * {@snippet lang=java :
     *     out.write(c)
     * }
     *
     * @param  c
     *         The 16-bit character to append
     *
     * @return  This writer
     *
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public StringWriter append(char c) {
        write(c);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Return the buffer's current value as a string.
     */
    public String toString() {
        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Return the string buffer itself.
     *
     * @return StringBuffer holding the current buffer value.
     */
    public StringBuffer getBuffer() {
        return buf;
    }

    /**
     * Flush the stream.
     *
     * <p> The {@code flush} method of {@code StringWriter} does nothing.
     */
    public void flush() {
    }

    /**
     * Closing a {@code StringWriter} has no effect. The methods in this
     * class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating
     * an {@code IOException}.
     */
    public void close() throws IOException {
    }

}