Package org.patrodyne.jvnet.basicjaxb.explore

Class ConsoleWriter

java.lang.Object

java.io.Writer

org.patrodyne.jvnet.basicjaxb.explore.ConsoleWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable, Appendable, AutoCloseable

public class ConsoleWriter
extends Writer

This class extends from Writer to redirect output to a JTextArea.

Author:

Rick O'Sulllivan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConsoleWriter(int points)	Construct with built-in, read-only JTextArea.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Clear the text area document.
void	close()	Close the text area document.
void	flush()	Flush the text area document.
JTextArea	getTextArea()
void	largerText()	Increase text font (float) size.
void	smallerText()	Decrease text font (float) size.
void	write(char[] chars, int offset, int count)	Append a sub-array of characters to the console.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer

append, append, append, nullWriter, write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ConsoleWriter

public ConsoleWriter(int points)

Construct with built-in, read-only JTextArea.

Parameters:

points - The font size.

Method Details

getTextArea

public JTextArea getTextArea()

largerText

public void largerText()

Increase text font (float) size.

smallerText

public void smallerText()

Decrease text font (float) size.

write

public void write(char[] chars,
 int offset,
 int count)
           throws IOException

Append a sub-array of characters to the console.

Specified by:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

chars - Array of characters.

offset - Index of the first character of the sub-array.

count - Specifies the length of the sub-array to write.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - for invalid offset and count.

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

clear

public void clear()

Clear the text area document.

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the text area document.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in class Writer

Throws:

IOException - When JTextArea document cannot be closed.

flush

public void flush()
           throws IOException

Flush the text area document.

Specified by:

flush in interface Flushable

Specified by:

flush in class Writer

Throws:

IOException