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Basic utility library containing several useful classes (e.g., a Pair class) to ease
everyday programming.
/* Copyright (C) 2013 TU Dortmund
* This file is part of AutomataLib, http://www.automatalib.net/.
*
* AutomataLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* AutomataLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with AutomataLib; if not, see
* http://www.gnu.de/documents/lgpl.en.html.
*/
package net.automatalib.commons.util.strings;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Abstract base class for printables.
*
* Besides implementing the {@link Printable} interface, it provides a
* standard {@link #toString()} implementation using a {@link StringBuilder}
* and the {@link #print(Appendable)} method.
*
* @author Malte Isberner
*
*/
public abstract class AbstractPrintable implements Printable {
public static String toString(Printable p) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
try {
p.print(sb);
}
catch(IOException e) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected IOException thrown during operation on StringBuilder.", e);
// THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN
// since the StringBuilder methods do not throw.
}
return sb.toString();
}
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
* @see java.lang.Object#toString()
*/
@Override
public String toString() {
return toString(this);
}
}