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Interface Indentable

All Known Implementing Classes:

IndentablePrintStream, NullPrintStream, TracePrintStream

public interface Indentable

This interface defines the methods IndentablePrintStreams must implement.

Author:

Christof Reichardt

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Indentable	printfIndentln(String format, Object... args) A convenience method to print an indented string onto the stream using the specified format string and the given arguments.
Indentable	printIndent(String s) Prints an indented string.
Indentable	printIndentln(String s) Prints an indented string together with a line feed.
Indentable	printIndentString() Prints only the current indentation.

Method Detail

printIndent

Indentable printIndent(String s)

Prints an indented string.

Parameters:

s - the string to be printed

Returns:

the indentable stream itself

printIndentln

Indentable printIndentln(String s)

Prints an indented string together with a line feed.

Parameters:

s - the string to be printed

Returns:

the indentable stream itself

printfIndentln

Indentable printfIndentln(String format,
                          Object... args)

A convenience method to print an indented string onto the stream using the specified format string and the given arguments.

Parameters:

format - the format string

args - the to be printed arguments

Returns:

the indentable stream itself

printIndentString

Indentable printIndentString()

Prints only the current indentation.

Returns:

the indentable stream itself