com.healthmarketscience.common.util
Class AppendeeObject

java.lang.Object
  com.healthmarketscience.common.util.AppendeeObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Appendee

public class AppendeeObject
extends Object
implements Appendee

Simple subclass for objects wishing to use the AppendableExt/Appendee interface in new class hierarchies. The toString() method is overridden to call the appendTo(com.healthmarketscience.common.util.AppendableExt) method, so a subclass need only provide a new implementation for the appendTo() method. The default appendTo() implementation appends the result of calling Object.toString(). Also adds a toString(int) method for specifying the initial size of the underlying StringBuilder.

Author:

James Ahlborn

Constructor Summary

AppendeeObject()

Method Summary

void	appendTo(AppendableExt a) Appends this object to the given AppendableExt.
String	toString()
String	toString(int size)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AppendeeObject

public AppendeeObject()

Method Detail

appendTo

public void appendTo(AppendableExt a)
              throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Appendee

Appends this object to the given AppendableExt. Called by an AppendableExt when a request is made to append an instance of Appendee.

Specified by:

appendTo in interface Appendee

Parameters:

a - the AppendableExt to which this class should append itself

Throws:

IOException - if the append fails

toString

public String toString(int size)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object