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package java.io;


/**
 * Abstract class for writing to character streams.  The only methods that a
 * subclass must implement are write(char[], int, int), flush(), and close().
 * Most subclasses, however, will override some of the methods defined here in
 * order to provide higher efficiency, additional functionality, or both.
 *
 * @see Writer
 * @see   BufferedWriter
 * @see   CharArrayWriter
 * @see   FilterWriter
 * @see   OutputStreamWriter
 * @see     FileWriter
 * @see   PipedWriter
 * @see   PrintWriter
 * @see   StringWriter
 * @see Reader
 *
 * @author      Mark Reinhold
 * @since       JDK1.1
 */

public abstract class Writer implements Appendable, Closeable, Flushable {

    /**
     * Temporary buffer used to hold writes of strings and single characters
     */
    private char[] writeBuffer;

    /**
     * Size of writeBuffer, must be >= 1
     */
    private final int writeBufferSize = 1024;

    /**
     * The object used to synchronize operations on this stream.  For
     * efficiency, a character-stream object may use an object other than
     * itself to protect critical sections.  A subclass should therefore use
     * the object in this field rather than this or a synchronized
     * method.
     */
    protected Object lock;

    /**
     * Creates a new character-stream writer whose critical sections will
     * synchronize on the writer itself.
     */
    protected Writer() {
        this.lock = this;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new character-stream writer whose critical sections will
     * synchronize on the given object.
     *
     * @param  lock
     *         Object to synchronize on
     */
    protected Writer(Object lock) {
        if (lock == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        this.lock = lock;
    }

    /**
     * Writes a single character.  The character to be written is contained in
     * the 16 low-order bits of the given integer value; the 16 high-order bits
     * are ignored.
     *
     * 

Subclasses that intend to support efficient single-character output * should override this method. * * @param c * int specifying a character to be written * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ public void write(int c) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { if (writeBuffer == null){ writeBuffer = new char[writeBufferSize]; } writeBuffer[0] = (char) c; write(writeBuffer, 0, 1); } } /** * Writes an array of characters. * * @param cbuf * Array of characters to be written * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ public void write(char cbuf[]) throws IOException { write(cbuf, 0, cbuf.length); } /** * Writes a portion of an array of characters. * * @param cbuf * Array of characters * * @param off * Offset from which to start writing characters * * @param len * Number of characters to write * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ abstract public void write(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException; /** * Writes a string. * * @param str * String to be written * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ public void write(String str) throws IOException { write(str, 0, str.length()); } /** * Writes a portion of a string. * * @param str * A String * * @param off * Offset from which to start writing characters * * @param len * Number of characters to write * * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException * If off is negative, or len is negative, * or off+len is negative or greater than the length * of the given string * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ public void write(String str, int off, int len) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { char cbuf[]; if (len <= writeBufferSize) { if (writeBuffer == null) { writeBuffer = new char[writeBufferSize]; } cbuf = writeBuffer; } else { // Don't permanently allocate very large buffers. cbuf = new char[len]; } str.getChars(off, (off + len), cbuf, 0); write(cbuf, 0, len); } } /** * Appends the specified character sequence to this writer. * *

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(csq) * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation * *

     *     out.write(csq.toString()) 
* *

Depending on the specification of toString for the * character sequence csq, the entire sequence may not be * appended. For instance, invoking the toString method of a * character buffer will return a subsequence whose content depends upon * the buffer's position and limit. * * @param csq * The character sequence to append. If csq is * null, then the four characters "null" are * appended to this writer. * * @return This writer * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs * * @since 1.5 */ public Writer append(CharSequence csq) throws IOException { if (csq == null) write("null"); else write(csq.toString()); return this; } /** * Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer. * Appendable. * *

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(csq, start, * end) when csq is not null behaves in exactly the * same way as the invocation * *

     *     out.write(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString()) 
* * @param csq * The character sequence from which a subsequence will be * appended. If csq is null, then characters * will be appended as if csq contained the four * characters "null". * * @param start * The index of the first character in the subsequence * * @param end * The index of the character following the last character in the * subsequence * * @return This writer * * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException * If start or end are negative, start * is greater than end, or end is greater than * csq.length() * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs * * @since 1.5 */ public Writer append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) throws IOException { CharSequence cs = (csq == null ? "null" : csq); write(cs.subSequence(start, end).toString()); return this; } /** * Appends the specified character to this writer. * *

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(c) * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation * *

     *     out.write(c) 
* * @param c * The 16-bit character to append * * @return This writer * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs * * @since 1.5 */ public Writer append(char c) throws IOException { write(c); return this; } /** * Flushes the stream. If the stream has saved any characters from the * various write() methods in a buffer, write them immediately to their * intended destination. Then, if that destination is another character or * byte stream, flush it. Thus one flush() invocation will flush all the * buffers in a chain of Writers and OutputStreams. * *

If the intended destination of this stream is an abstraction provided * by the underlying operating system, for example a file, then flushing the * stream guarantees only that bytes previously written to the stream are * passed to the operating system for writing; it does not guarantee that * they are actually written to a physical device such as a disk drive. * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ abstract public void flush() throws IOException; /** * Closes the stream, flushing it first. Once the stream has been closed, * further write() or flush() invocations will cause an IOException to be * thrown. Closing a previously closed stream has no effect. * * @throws IOException * If an I/O error occurs */ abstract public void close() throws IOException; }





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