java.io

Class PrintWriter

java.lang.Object

java.io.Writer

java.io.PrintWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable, Appendable, AutoCloseable

public class PrintWriter
extends Writer

Prints formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream. This class implements all of the print methods found in PrintStream. It does not contain methods for writing raw bytes, for which a program should use unencoded byte streams.

Unlike the PrintStream class, if automatic flushing is enabled it will be done only when one of the println, printf, or format methods is invoked, rather than whenever a newline character happens to be output. These methods use the platform's own notion of line separator rather than the newline character.

Methods in this class never throw I/O exceptions, although some of its constructors may. The client may inquire as to whether any errors have occurred by invoking checkError().

Since:

JDK1.1

Author:

Frank Yellin, Mark Reinhold

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Writer	out The underlying character-output stream of this PrintWriter.

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PrintWriter(OutputStream out) Creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, from an existing OutputStream.
PrintWriter(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush) Creates a new PrintWriter from an existing OutputStream.
PrintWriter(Writer out) Creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing.
PrintWriter(Writer out, boolean autoFlush) Creates a new PrintWriter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PrintWriter	append(char c) Appends the specified character to this writer.
PrintWriter	append(CharSequence csq) Appends the specified character sequence to this writer.
PrintWriter	append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.
boolean	checkError() Flushes the stream if it's not closed and checks its error state.
protected void	clearError() Clears the error state of this stream.
void	close() Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it.
void	flush() Flushes the stream.
void	print(boolean b) Prints a boolean value.
void	print(char c) Prints a character.
void	print(char[] s) Prints an array of characters.
void	print(double d) Prints a double-precision floating-point number.
void	print(float f) Prints a floating-point number.
void	print(int i) Prints an integer.
void	print(long l) Prints a long integer.
void	print(Object obj) Prints an object.
void	print(String s) Prints a string.
void	println() Terminates the current line by writing the line separator string.
void	println(boolean x) Prints a boolean value and then terminates the line.
void	println(char x) Prints a character and then terminates the line.
void	println(char[] x) Prints an array of characters and then terminates the line.
void	println(double x) Prints a double-precision floating-point number and then terminates the line.
void	println(float x) Prints a floating-point number and then terminates the line.
void	println(int x) Prints an integer and then terminates the line.
void	println(long x) Prints a long integer and then terminates the line.
void	println(Object x) Prints an Object and then terminates the line.
void	println(String x) Prints a String and then terminates the line.
protected void	setError() Indicates that an error has occurred.
void	write(char[] buf) Writes an array of characters.
void	write(char[] buf, int off, int len) Writes A Portion of an array of characters.
void	write(int c) Writes a single character.
void	write(String s) Writes a string.
void	write(String s, int off, int len) Writes a portion of a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

out

protected Writer out

The underlying character-output stream of this PrintWriter.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Detail

PrintWriter

public PrintWriter(OutputStream out)

Creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, from an existing OutputStream. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will convert characters into bytes using the default character encoding.

Parameters:

out - An output stream

See Also:

OutputStreamWriter.OutputStreamWriter(java.io.OutputStream)

PrintWriter

public PrintWriter(OutputStream out,
                   boolean autoFlush)

Creates a new PrintWriter from an existing OutputStream. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will convert characters into bytes using the default character encoding.

Parameters:

out - An output stream

autoFlush - A boolean; if true, the println, printf, or format methods will flush the output buffer

See Also:

OutputStreamWriter.OutputStreamWriter(java.io.OutputStream)

PrintWriter

public PrintWriter(Writer out)

Creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing.

Parameters:

out - A character-output stream

PrintWriter

public PrintWriter(Writer out,
                   boolean autoFlush)

Creates a new PrintWriter.

Parameters:

out - A character-output stream

autoFlush - A boolean; if true, the println, printf, or format methods will flush the output buffer

Method Detail

append

public PrintWriter append(char c)

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) 

Specified by:

append in interface Appendable

Overrides:

append in class Writer

Parameters:

c - The 16-bit character to append

Returns:

This writer

Since:

1.5

append

public PrintWriter append(CharSequence csq)

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.

Specified by:

append in interface Appendable

Overrides:

append in class Writer

Parameters:

csq - The character sequence to append. If csq is null, then the four characters "null" are appended to this writer.

Returns:

This writer

Since:

1.5

append

public PrintWriter append(CharSequence csq,
                          int start,
                          int end)

Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.

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()) 

Specified by:

append in interface Appendable

Overrides:

append in class Writer

Parameters:

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".

start - The index of the first character in the subsequence

end - The index of the character following the last character in the subsequence

Returns:

This writer

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If start or end are negative, start is greater than end, or end is greater than csq.length()

Since:

1.5

checkError

public boolean checkError()

Flushes the stream if it's not closed and checks its error state.

Returns:

true if the print stream has encountered an error, either on the underlying output stream or during a format conversion.

clearError

protected void clearError()

Clears the error state of this stream.

This method will cause subsequent invocations of checkError() to return false until another write operation fails and invokes setError().

Since:

1.6

close

public void close()

Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it. Closing a previously closed stream has no effect.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in class Writer

See Also:

checkError()

flush

public void flush()

Flushes the stream.

Specified by:

flush in interface Flushable

Specified by:

flush in class Writer

See Also:

checkError()

print

public void print(boolean b)

Prints a boolean value. The string produced by String.valueOf(boolean) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

b - The boolean to be printed

print

public void print(char c)

Prints a character. The character is translated into one or more bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

c - The char to be printed

print

public void print(char[] s)

Prints an array of characters. The characters are converted into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

s - The array of chars to be printed

Throws:

NullPointerException - If s is null

print

public void print(double d)

Prints a double-precision floating-point number. The string produced by String.valueOf(double) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

d - The double to be printed

See Also:

Double.toString(double)

print

public void print(float f)

Prints a floating-point number. The string produced by String.valueOf(float) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

f - The float to be printed

See Also:

Float.toString(float)

print

public void print(int i)

Prints an integer. The string produced by String.valueOf(int) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

i - The int to be printed

See Also:

Integer.toString(int)

print

public void print(long l)

Prints a long integer. The string produced by String.valueOf(long) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

l - The long to be printed

See Also:

Long.toString(long)

print

public void print(Object obj)

Prints an object. The string produced by the String.valueOf(Object) method is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

obj - The Object to be printed

See Also:

Object.toString()

print

public void print(String s)

Prints a string. If the argument is null then the string "null" is printed. Otherwise, the string's characters are converted into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters:

s - The String to be printed

println

public void println()

Terminates the current line by writing the line separator string. The line separator string is defined by the system property line.separator, and is not necessarily a single newline character ('\n').

println

public void println(boolean x)

Prints a boolean value and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(boolean) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the boolean value to be printed

println

public void println(char x)

Prints a character and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(char) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the char value to be printed

println

public void println(char[] x)

Prints an array of characters and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(char[]) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the array of char values to be printed

println

public void println(double x)

Prints a double-precision floating-point number and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(double) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the double value to be printed

println

public void println(float x)

Prints a floating-point number and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(float) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the float value to be printed

println

public void println(int x)

Prints an integer and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(int) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the int value to be printed

println

public void println(long x)

Prints a long integer and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(long) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the long value to be printed

println

public void println(Object x)

Prints an Object and then terminates the line. This method calls at first String.valueOf(x) to get the printed object's string value, then behaves as though it invokes print(String) and then println().

Parameters:

x - The Object to be printed.

println

public void println(String x)

Prints a String and then terminates the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(String) and then println().

Parameters:

x - the String value to be printed

setError

protected void setError()

Indicates that an error has occurred.

This method will cause subsequent invocations of checkError() to return true until clearError() is invoked.

write

public void write(char[] buf)

Writes an array of characters. This method cannot be inherited from the Writer class because it must suppress I/O exceptions.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

buf - Array of characters to be written

write

public void write(char[] buf,
                  int off,
                  int len)

Writes A Portion of an array of characters.

Specified by:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

buf - Array of characters

off - Offset from which to start writing characters

len - Number of characters to write

write

public void write(int c)

Writes a single character.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

c - int specifying a character to be written.

write

public void write(String s)

Writes a string. This method cannot be inherited from the Writer class because it must suppress I/O exceptions.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

s - String to be written

write

public void write(String s,
                  int off,
                  int len)

Writes a portion of a string.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

s - A String

off - Offset from which to start writing characters

len - Number of characters to write