at.jku.risc.stout.nau.util

Class Printable

java.lang.Object

at.jku.risc.stout.nau.util.Printable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AntiUnifySystem, Equation, EquationSystem, FreshnessCtx, NominalPair, NominalTerm

public abstract class Printable
extends Object

Superclass for all printable classes. Printable classes have to implement a method to write a string representation of themselves into an arbitrary Writer. The method toString() will use this representation too. This method is much more flexible than the plain toString() approach and it uses much less system resources by directly writing to the receiver.

Author:

Alexander Baumgartner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Printable()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	printString(PrintStream toPrint) Writes a string representation of this object into an arbitrary PrintStream.
abstract void	printString(Writer toPrint) Writes a string representation of this object into an arbitrary Writer.
String	toString() Use printString(Writer) if possible!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Printable

public Printable()

Method Detail

printString

public void printString(PrintStream toPrint)
                 throws IOException

Writes a string representation of this object into an arbitrary PrintStream.

Throws:

IOException

printString

public abstract void printString(Writer toPrint)
                          throws IOException

Writes a string representation of this object into an arbitrary Writer.

Throws:

IOException

toString

public String toString()

Use printString(Writer) if possible! It uses much less system resources by directly writing to the receiver.

Overrides:

toString in class Object