pal.io
Class OutputTarget

java.lang.Object
  java.io.Writer
      java.io.PrintWriter
          pal.io.OutputTarget

public class OutputTarget

extends java.io.PrintWriter

convenience class to create output streams linked to files, stdout, and strings

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.PrintWriter

out

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getString() get string corresponding to current stream created by openString()
static OutputTarget	openFile(java.lang.String name) open file for writing
static OutputTarget	openStdOut() open standard out
static OutputTarget	openString() "open" string to write into

Methods inherited from class java.io.PrintWriter

checkError, close, flush, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, 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, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

openFile

public static OutputTarget openFile(java.lang.String name)
                             throws java.io.IOException

open file for writing

Parameters:

name - file name

Returns:

output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException

openStdOut

public static OutputTarget openStdOut()

open standard out

Returns:

output stream

openString

public static OutputTarget openString()

"open" string to write into

Returns:

output stream

getString

public java.lang.String getString()

get string corresponding to current stream created by openString()

Returns:

string