fc.io
Class TablePrinter

java.lang.Object
  fc.io.TablePrinter

public class TablePrinter
extends java.lang.Object

Prints a table formatted using plain text/ascii characters. Useful for console based output and/or formatted output to a file.

Nested Class Summary

static class

TablePrinter.PrintConfig Configuration object containing for table printing object.

Constructor Summary

TablePrinter(int columnCount, java.io.PrintStream ps, TablePrinter.PrintConfig config)
Constructs a new table printer.

TablePrinter(int columnCount, java.io.PrintWriter pw, TablePrinter.PrintConfig config)
Constructs a new table printer.

Method Summary

void	endRow() This method should be called to finish the existing row
void	endTable() This method should be called to finish the table
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
void	printCell(java.lang.String str) This method should be called to print a new cell in the current row.
void	startRow() This method should be called to start a new row
void	startTable() This method should be called to start the table
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TablePrinter

public TablePrinter(int columnCount,
                    java.io.PrintStream ps,
                    TablePrinter.PrintConfig config)

Constructs a new table printer.

Parameters:

columnCount - the number of columns in the table. Attemps to print more than these number of columns will result in a runtime exception.

pw - the destination print stream

config - the printing configuration

TablePrinter

public TablePrinter(int columnCount,
                    java.io.PrintWriter pw,
                    TablePrinter.PrintConfig config)

Constructs a new table printer.

Parameters:

columnCount - the number of columns in the table. Attemps to print more than these number of columns will result in a runtime exception.

pw - the destination print writer

config - the printing configuration

Method Detail

startTable

public void startTable()

This method should be called to start the table

endTable

public void endTable()

This method should be called to finish the table

startRow

public void startRow()

This method should be called to start a new row

endRow

public void endRow()

This method should be called to finish the existing row

printCell

public void printCell(java.lang.String str)

This method should be called to print a new cell in the current row. This method should not be invoked for more columns than the table was instantiated with, otherwise a runtime exception will be thrown.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)