public class ColumnFormatter extends Object
PrintWriter object. Handles escaping of the column
data so that the resulting output is unambiguous and reasonably safe and
machine parsable.| Constructor and Description |
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ColumnFormatter(PrintWriter out,
char columnSeparator) |
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void |
addColumn(String content)
Adds a text string as a new column in the current line of output,
taking care of escaping as necessary.
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void |
finish()
Finishes the output by flushing the current line and takes care of any
other cleanup action.
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void |
nextLine()
Flushes the current line of output and makes the formatter ready to
start receiving new column data for a new line (or end-of-file).
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public ColumnFormatter(PrintWriter out, char columnSeparator)
out - The writer to which output should be sent.columnSeparator - A character that should serve as the separator
token between columns of output. As only non-printable characters
in the column text are ever escaped, the column separator must be
a non-printable character if the output needs to be unambiguously
parsed.public void addColumn(String content)
content - the string to add.public void finish()
public void nextLine()
addColumn(java.lang.String) will
be squashed.