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package org.apache.wink.json4j.internal;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Internaql class for handling the serialization of JSON objects in a verbose
 * format, meaning newlines and indention.
 */
public class SerializerVerbose extends Serializer {

    /**
     * Internal tracker keeping indent position.
     */
    private int indent = 0;

    /**
     * The indent string to use when serializing.
     */
    private String indentStr = "\t";

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public SerializerVerbose(Writer writer) {
        super(writer);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor.
     * @param Writer The writer to serialize JSON to.
     * @param indentSpaces: How many spaces to indent by (0 to 8).  
     * The default indent is the TAB character. 
     */
    public SerializerVerbose(Writer writer, int indentSpaces) {
        super(writer);
        if(indentSpaces > 0 && indentSpaces < 8){
            this.indentStr = "";
            for(int i = 0; i < indentSpaces; i++){
                this.indentStr += " ";
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Method to write a space to the output writer.
     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurs during write.
     */
    public void space() throws IOException {
        writeRawString(" ");
    }

    /**
     * Method to write a newline to the output writer.
     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurs during write.
     */
    public void newLine() throws IOException {
        writeRawString("\n");
    }

    /**
     * Method to write an indent to the output writer.
     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurs during write.
     */
    public void indent() throws IOException {
        for (int i=0; i