CharArrayWriter.java

/* CharArrayWriter.java -- Write chars to a buffer
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package java.io;

/**
  * This class allows data to be written to a char array buffer and
  * and then retrieved by an application.   The internal char array
  * buffer is dynamically resized to hold all the data written.  Please
  * be aware that writing large amounts to data to this stream will
  * cause large amounts of memory to be allocated.
  * <p>
  * The size of the internal buffer defaults to 32 and it is resized
  * in increments of 1024 chars.  This behavior can be over-ridden by using the
  * following two properties:
  * <p>
  * <ul>
  * <li><xmp>gnu.java.io.CharArrayWriter.initialBufferSize</xmp>
  * <li><xmp>gnu.java.io.CharArrayWriter.bufferIncrementSize</xmp>
  * </ul>
  * <p>
  * There is a constructor that specified the initial buffer size and
  * that is the preferred way to set that value because it it portable
  * across all Java class library implementations.
  * <p>
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
  */
public class CharArrayWriter extends Writer
{
  /**
   * The default initial buffer size
   */
  private static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE = 32;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new <code>CharArrayWriter</code> with
   * the default buffer size of 32 chars.  If a different initial
   * buffer size is desired, see the constructor
   * <code>CharArrayWriter(int size)</code>.
   */
  public CharArrayWriter ()
  {
    this (DEFAULT_INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a new <code>CharArrayWriter</code> with
   * a specified initial buffer size.
   *
   * @param size The initial buffer size in chars
   */
  public CharArrayWriter (int size)
  {
    super ();
    buf = new char[size];
  }

  /**
   * Closes the stream.  This method is guaranteed not to free the contents
   * of the internal buffer, which can still be retrieved.
   */
  public void close ()
  {
  }

  /**
   * This method flushes all buffered chars to the stream.
   */
  public void flush ()
  {
  }

  /**
   * This method discards all of the chars that have been written to the
   * internal buffer so far by setting the <code>count</code> variable to
   * 0.  The internal buffer remains at its currently allocated size.
   */
  public void reset ()
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {
	count = 0;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the number of chars that have been written to
   * the buffer so far.  This is the same as the value of the protected
   * <code>count</code> variable.  If the <code>reset</code> method is
   * called, then this value is reset as well.  Note that this method does
   * not return the length of the internal buffer, but only the number
   * of chars that have been written to it.
   *
   * @return The number of chars in the internal buffer
   *
   * @see #reset()
   */
  public int size ()
  {
    return count;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a char array containing the chars that have been
   * written to this stream so far.  This array is a copy of the valid
   * chars in the internal buffer and its length is equal to the number of
   * valid chars, not necessarily to the the length of the current 
   * internal buffer.  Note that since this method allocates a new array,
   * it should be used with caution when the internal buffer is very large.
   */
  public char[] toCharArray ()
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {      
	char[] nc = new char[count];
	System.arraycopy(buf, 0, nc, 0, count);
	return nc;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the chars in the internal array as a <code>String</code>.  The
   * chars in the buffer are converted to characters using the system default
   * encoding.  There is an overloaded <code>toString()</code> method that
   * allows an application specified character encoding to be used.
   *
   * @return A <code>String</code> containing the data written to this
   *         stream so far
   */
  public String toString ()
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {
	return new String (buf, 0, count);
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method writes the writes the specified char into the internal
   * buffer.
   *
   * @param oneChar The char to be read passed as an int
   */
  public void write (int oneChar)
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {
	resize (1);
	buf[count++] = (char) oneChar;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method writes <code>len</code> chars from the passed in array 
   * <code>buf</code> starting at index <code>offset</code> into that buffer
   *
   * @param buffer The char array to write data from
   * @param offset The index into the buffer to start writing data from
   * @param len The number of chars to write
   */
  public void write (char[] buffer, int offset, int len)
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {
	if (len >= 0)
	  resize (len);
	System.arraycopy(buffer, offset, buf, count, len);
	count += len;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method writes <code>len</code> chars from the passed in
   * <code>String</code> <code>buf</code> starting at index
   * <code>offset</code> into the internal buffer.
   *
   * @param str The <code>String</code> to write data from
   * @param offset The index into the string to start writing data from
   * @param len The number of chars to write
   */
  public void write (String str, int offset, int len)
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {
	if (len >= 0)
	  resize (len);
	str.getChars(offset, offset + len, buf, count);
	count += len;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method writes all the chars that have been written to this stream
   * from the internal buffer to the specified <code>Writer</code>.
   *
   * @param out The <code>Writer</code> to write to
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public void writeTo (Writer out) throws IOException
  {
    synchronized (lock)
      {
	out.write(buf, 0, count);
      }
  }

  /**
   * This private method makes the buffer bigger when we run out of room
   * by allocating a larger buffer and copying the valid chars from the
   * old array into it.  This is obviously slow and should be avoided by
   * application programmers by setting their initial buffer size big
   * enough to hold everything if possible.
   */
  private final void resize (int len)
  {
    if (count + len >= buf.length)
      {
	int newlen = buf.length * 2;
	if (count + len > newlen)
	  newlen = count + len;
	char[] newbuf = new char[newlen];
	System.arraycopy(buf, 0, newbuf, 0, count);
	buf = newbuf;
      }
  }

  /**
   * The internal buffer where the data written is stored
   */
  protected char[] buf;

  /**
   * The number of chars that have been written to the buffer
   */
  protected int count;
}