Class TablePrinter

java.lang.Object

fc.io.TablePrinter

public class TablePrinter
extends 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

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	TablePrinter.PrintConfig	Configuration object containing for table printing object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TablePrinter(int columnCount, PrintStream ps, TablePrinter.PrintConfig config)	Constructs a new table printer.
TablePrinter(int columnCount, PrintWriter pw, TablePrinter.PrintConfig config)	Constructs a new table printer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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(String[] args)
void	printCell(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
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

TablePrinter

public TablePrinter(int columnCount,
 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.

config - the printing configuration

pw - the destination print stream

TablePrinter

public TablePrinter(int columnCount,
 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 Details

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(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 String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

main

public static void main(String[] args)