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package org.apache.commons.io.output;

import java.io.FilterWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

A Proxy stream which acts as expected, that is it passes the method calls on to the proxied stream and doesn't change which methods are being called. It is an alternative base class to FilterWriter to increase reusability, because FilterWriter changes the methods being called, such as write(char[]) to write(char[], int, int) and write(String) to write(String, int, int).
/** * A Proxy stream which acts as expected, that is it passes the method * calls on to the proxied stream and doesn't change which methods are * being called. It is an alternative base class to FilterWriter * to increase reusability, because FilterWriter changes the * methods being called, such as write(char[]) to write(char[], int, int) * and write(String) to write(String, int, int). * */
public class ProxyWriter extends FilterWriter {
Constructs a new ProxyWriter.
Params:
  • proxy – the Writer to delegate to
/** * Constructs a new ProxyWriter. * * @param proxy the Writer to delegate to */
public ProxyWriter(final Writer proxy) { super(proxy); // the proxy is stored in a protected superclass variable named 'out' }
Invokes the delegate's append(char) method.
Params:
  • c – The character to write
Throws:
Returns:this writer
Since:2.0
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>append(char)</code> method. * @param c The character to write * @return this writer * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs * @since 2.0 */
@Override public Writer append(final char c) throws IOException { try { beforeWrite(1); out.append(c); afterWrite(1); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } return this; }
Invokes the delegate's append(CharSequence, int, int) method.
Params:
  • csq – The character sequence to write
  • start – The index of the first character to write
  • end – The index of the first character to write (exclusive)
Throws:
Returns:this writer
Since:2.0
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>append(CharSequence, int, int)</code> method. * @param csq The character sequence to write * @param start The index of the first character to write * @param end The index of the first character to write (exclusive) * @return this writer * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs * @since 2.0 */
@Override public Writer append(final CharSequence csq, final int start, final int end) throws IOException { try { beforeWrite(end - start); out.append(csq, start, end); afterWrite(end - start); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } return this; }
Invokes the delegate's append(CharSequence) method.
Params:
  • csq – The character sequence to write
Throws:
Returns:this writer
Since:2.0
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>append(CharSequence)</code> method. * @param csq The character sequence to write * @return this writer * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs * @since 2.0 */
@Override public Writer append(final CharSequence csq) throws IOException { try { int len = 0; if (csq != null) { len = csq.length(); } beforeWrite(len); out.append(csq); afterWrite(len); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } return this; }
Invokes the delegate's write(int) method.
Params:
  • idx – the character to write
Throws:
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>write(int)</code> method. * @param idx the character to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final int idx) throws IOException { try { beforeWrite(1); out.write(idx); afterWrite(1); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invokes the delegate's write(char[]) method.
Params:
  • chr – the characters to write
Throws:
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>write(char[])</code> method. * @param chr the characters to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final char[] chr) throws IOException { try { int len = 0; if (chr != null) { len = chr.length; } beforeWrite(len); out.write(chr); afterWrite(len); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invokes the delegate's write(char[], int, int) method.
Params:
  • chr – the characters to write
  • st – The start offset
  • len – The number of characters to write
Throws:
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>write(char[], int, int)</code> method. * @param chr the characters to write * @param st The start offset * @param len The number of characters to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final char[] chr, final int st, final int len) throws IOException { try { beforeWrite(len); out.write(chr, st, len); afterWrite(len); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invokes the delegate's write(String) method.
Params:
  • str – the string to write
Throws:
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>write(String)</code> method. * @param str the string to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final String str) throws IOException { try { int len = 0; if (str != null) { len = str.length(); } beforeWrite(len); out.write(str); afterWrite(len); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invokes the delegate's write(String) method.
Params:
  • str – the string to write
  • st – The start offset
  • len – The number of characters to write
Throws:
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>write(String)</code> method. * @param str the string to write * @param st The start offset * @param len The number of characters to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final String str, final int st, final int len) throws IOException { try { beforeWrite(len); out.write(str, st, len); afterWrite(len); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invokes the delegate's flush() method.
Throws:
  • IOException – if an I/O error occurs
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>flush()</code> method. * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void flush() throws IOException { try { out.flush(); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invokes the delegate's close() method.
Throws:
  • IOException – if an I/O error occurs
/** * Invokes the delegate's <code>close()</code> method. * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void close() throws IOException { try { out.close(); } catch (final IOException e) { handleIOException(e); } }
Invoked by the write methods before the call is proxied. The number of chars to be written (1 for the write(int) method, buffer length for write(char[]), etc.) is given as an argument.

Subclasses can override this method to add common pre-processing functionality without having to override all the write methods. The default implementation does nothing.

Params:
  • n – number of chars to be written
Throws:
Since:2.0
/** * Invoked by the write methods before the call is proxied. The number * of chars to be written (1 for the {@link #write(int)} method, buffer * length for {@link #write(char[])}, etc.) is given as an argument. * <p> * Subclasses can override this method to add common pre-processing * functionality without having to override all the write methods. * The default implementation does nothing. * * @since 2.0 * @param n number of chars to be written * @throws IOException if the pre-processing fails */
protected void beforeWrite(final int n) throws IOException { }
Invoked by the write methods after the proxied call has returned successfully. The number of chars written (1 for the write(int) method, buffer length for write(char[]), etc.) is given as an argument.

Subclasses can override this method to add common post-processing functionality without having to override all the write methods. The default implementation does nothing.

Params:
  • n – number of chars written
Throws:
Since:2.0
/** * Invoked by the write methods after the proxied call has returned * successfully. The number of chars written (1 for the * {@link #write(int)} method, buffer length for {@link #write(char[])}, * etc.) is given as an argument. * <p> * Subclasses can override this method to add common post-processing * functionality without having to override all the write methods. * The default implementation does nothing. * * @since 2.0 * @param n number of chars written * @throws IOException if the post-processing fails */
protected void afterWrite(final int n) throws IOException { }
Handle any IOExceptions thrown.

This method provides a point to implement custom exception handling. The default behaviour is to re-throw the exception.

Params:
  • e – The IOException thrown
Throws:
Since:2.0
/** * Handle any IOExceptions thrown. * <p> * This method provides a point to implement custom exception * handling. The default behaviour is to re-throw the exception. * @param e The IOException thrown * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs * @since 2.0 */
protected void handleIOException(final IOException e) throws IOException { throw e; } }