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java.io
Class StringWriter

java.lang.Object
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 +--java.io.Writer
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 +--java.io.StringWriter

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public class StringWriter

extends Writer

Untamed: A character stream that collects its output in a string buffer, which can then be used to construct a string.

Closing a StringWriter has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an IOException.

Since:

JDK1.1

Version:

1.20, 01/12/03

Author:

Mark Reinhold

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buf

private StringBuffer buf

StringWriter

public StringWriter()

Enabled: Create a new string writer, using the default initial string-buffer size.

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StringWriter

public StringWriter(int initialSize)

Enabled: Create a new string writer, using the specified initial string-buffer size.

Parameters:

initialSize - an int specifying the initial size of the buffer.

write

public void write(int c)

Enabled: Write a single character.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

c - int specifying a character to be written.

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write

public void write(char[] cbuf,
 int off,
 int len)

Enabled: Write a portion of an array of characters.

Specified by:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

cbuf - Array of characters

off - Offset from which to start writing characters

len - Number of characters to write

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write

public void write(String str)

Enabled: Write a string.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

str - String to be written

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write

public void write(String str,
 int off,
 int len)

Enabled: Write a portion of a string.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

str - String to be written

off - Offset from which to start writing characters

len - Number of characters to write

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toString

public String toString()

Suppressed: Return the buffer's current value as a string.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the object.

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getBuffer

public StringBuffer getBuffer()

Enabled: Return the string buffer itself.

Returns:

StringBuffer holding the current buffer value.

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flush

public void flush()

Enabled: Flush the stream.

Specified by:

flush in class Writer

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close

public void close()
 throws IOException

Enabled: Closing a StringWriter has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an IOException.

Specified by:

close in class Writer

IOException

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