cern.colt.buffer.tchar
Class CharBuffer

java.lang.Object
  cern.colt.PersistentObject
      cern.colt.buffer.tchar.CharBuffer

All Implemented Interfaces:

CharBufferConsumer, Serializable, Cloneable

public class CharBuffer
extends PersistentObject
implements CharBufferConsumer

Fixed sized (non resizable) streaming buffer connected to a target CharBufferConsumer to which data is automatically flushed upon buffer overflow.

Version:

1.0, 09/24/99

Author:

wolfgang.hoschek@cern.ch, Piotr Wendykier (piotr.wendykier@gmail.com)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CharBuffer(CharBufferConsumer target, int capacity)
Constructs and returns a new buffer with the given target.

Method Summary

void	add(char element) Adds the specified element to the receiver.
void	addAllOf(CharArrayList list) Adds all elements of the specified list to the receiver.
void	clear() Sets the receiver's size to zero.
void	flush() Adds all internally buffered elements to the receiver's target, then resets the current buffer size to zero.

Methods inherited from class cern.colt.PersistentObject

clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharBuffer

public CharBuffer(CharBufferConsumer target,
                  int capacity)

Constructs and returns a new buffer with the given target.

Parameters:

target - the target to flush to.

capacity - the number of points the buffer shall be capable of holding before overflowing and flushing to the target.

Method Detail

add

public void add(char element)

Adds the specified element to the receiver.

Parameters:

element - the element to add.

addAllOf

public void addAllOf(CharArrayList list)

Adds all elements of the specified list to the receiver.

Specified by:

addAllOf in interface CharBufferConsumer

Parameters:

list - the list of which all elements shall be added.

clear

public void clear()

Sets the receiver's size to zero. In other words, forgets about any internally buffered elements.

flush

public void flush()

Adds all internally buffered elements to the receiver's target, then resets the current buffer size to zero.