Package de.audioattack.io

Class CharacterDevice

java.lang.Object

de.audioattack.io.CharacterDevice

All Implemented Interfaces:

Console, Flushable

public class CharacterDevice
extends Object
implements Console

Console which is based on provided readers and writers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	flush()
Console	format(String fmt, Object... args)	Writes formatted String.
Console	printf(String fmt, Object... args)	Convenience method which writes formatted String.
Reader	reader()	Gets the Reader associated with the console.
String	readLine()	Reads single line.
String	readLine(String fmt, Object... args)	Writes formatted prompt and reads single line.
char[]	readPassword()	Reads password.
char[]	readPassword(String fmt, Object... args)	Writes formatted prompt and reads password.
PrintWriter	writer()	Gets the PrintWriter associated with the console.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

reader

public Reader reader()

Gets the Reader associated with the console. Invoking close() on this object will not close the underlying stream.

Specified by:

reader in interface Console

Returns:

the reader

See Also:

Console.reader()

writer

public PrintWriter writer()

Gets the PrintWriter associated with the console. Invoking close() on this object will not close the underlying stream.

Specified by:

writer in interface Console

Returns:

the writer

See Also:

Console.writer()

format

public Console format(String fmt,
                      Object... args)

Writes formatted String.

Specified by:

format in interface Console

Parameters:

fmt - format String

args - arguments to replace format specifiers in format String

Returns:

this console

See Also:

Console.format(String, Object...)

printf

public Console printf(String fmt,
                      Object... args)

Convenience method which writes formatted String.

Specified by:

printf in interface Console

Parameters:

fmt - format String

args - arguments to replace format specifiers in format String

Returns:

this console

See Also:

Console.printf(String, Object...)

readLine

public String readLine(String fmt,
                       Object... args)

Writes formatted prompt and reads single line.

Specified by:

readLine in interface Console

Parameters:

fmt - format String

args - arguments to replace format specifiers in format String

Returns:

the line

See Also:

Console.readLine(String, Object...)

readLine

public String readLine()

Reads single line.

Specified by:

readLine in interface Console

Returns:

the line

See Also:

Console.readLine()

readPassword

public char[] readPassword(String fmt,
                           Object... args)

Writes formatted prompt and reads password. Hidden input should be preferred if possible. Implementations which cannot hide input should display a warning that entered text will be visible.

Specified by:

readPassword in interface Console

Parameters:

fmt - format String

args - arguments to replace format specifiers in format String

Returns:

the password

See Also:

Console.readPassword(String, Object...)

readPassword

public char[] readPassword()

Reads password. Hidden input should be preferred if possible. Implementations which cannot hide input should display a warning that entered text will be visible.

Specified by:

readPassword in interface Console

Returns:

the password

See Also:

Console.readPassword()

flush

public void flush()

Specified by:

flush in interface Flushable