com.mapr.utils

Class SeparatorWriter

java.lang.Object

com.mapr.utils.SeparatorWriter

public class SeparatorWriter
extends java.lang.Object

Assistance for writing separators in strings. The user indicates if anything has been written and that a separator is necessary. Then, later, the user can make a request to write a separator to the string being built, and it will only be written if a previous request indicated that separator is necessary.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SeparatorWriter(java.lang.StringBuilder sb, java.lang.String separatorStr) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	needSeparator() Indicate that a separator will be required the next time one is requested.
void	writeSeparator() Request to write a separator if one is necessary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SeparatorWriter

public SeparatorWriter(java.lang.StringBuilder sb,
                       java.lang.String separatorStr)

Constructor.

Parameters:

sb - the StringBuilder being used to build the String

separatorStr - the separator string to use

Method Detail

needSeparator

public void needSeparator()

Indicate that a separator will be required the next time one is requested. If this is not called, then calls to writeSeparator() will do nothing.

writeSeparator

public void writeSeparator()

Request to write a separator if one is necessary. Necessity is determined by a previous call to needSeparator() that has not yet been fulfilled.