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Basic utility library containing several useful classes (e.g., a Pair class) to ease everyday programming.

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/* 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;

/**
 * Interface that allows outputting to an {@link Appendable} (e.g., a
 * {@link StringBuilder}) instead of simply using {@link Object#toString()}.
 * 
 * @author Malte Isberner 
 *
 */
public interface Printable {
	/**
	 * Outputs the current object.
	 * @param a the appendable.
	 * @throws IOException if an error occurs during appending.
	 */
	public void print(Appendable a) throws IOException;
}