Class NullWriter

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Closeable, Flushable, Appendable, AutoCloseable

    public class NullWriter
    extends Writer
    This Writer writes all data to the famous /dev/null.

    This Writer has no destination (file/socket etc.) and all characters written to it are ignored and lost.

    Author:
    https://github.com/apache/commons-io/blob/master/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/output/NullWriter.java
    • Constructor Detail

      • NullWriter

        public NullWriter()
        Constructs a new NullWriter.
    • Method Detail

      • append

        public Writer append​(char c)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Specified by:
        append in interface Appendable
        Overrides:
        append in class Writer
        Parameters:
        c - The character to write
        Returns:
        this writer
      • append

        public Writer append​(CharSequence csq,
                             int start,
                             int end)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Specified by:
        append in interface Appendable
        Overrides:
        append in class Writer
        Parameters:
        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)
        Returns:
        this writer
      • write

        public void write​(int idx)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Overrides:
        write in class Writer
        Parameters:
        idx - The character to write
      • write

        public void write​(char[] chr)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Overrides:
        write in class Writer
        Parameters:
        chr - The characters to write
      • write

        public void write​(char[] chr,
                          int st,
                          int end)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Specified by:
        write in class Writer
        Parameters:
        chr - The characters to write
        st - The start offset
        end - The number of characters to write
      • write

        public void write​(String str)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Overrides:
        write in class Writer
        Parameters:
        str - The string to write
      • write

        public void write​(String str,
                          int st,
                          int end)
        Does nothing - output to /dev/null.
        Overrides:
        write in class Writer
        Parameters:
        str - The string to write
        st - The start offset
        end - The number of characters to write