## org.codehaus.groovy.runtime
Class StringBufferWriter

    java.lang.Object
      java.io.Writer
          org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.StringBufferWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable, Flushable, Appendable

    public class StringBufferWriter

extends Writer

This class codes around a silly limiation of StringWriter which doesn't allow a StringBuffer to be passed in as a constructor for some bizzare reason. So we replicate the behaviour of StringWriter here but allow a StringBuffer to be passed in.

Version:
  $Revision: 6778 $
Author:
  James Strachan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer
`lock`

Constructor Summary
`StringBufferWriter(StringBuffer buffer)` Create a new string writer which will append the text to the given StringBuffer

Method Summary
`void` `close()` Closing a `StringWriter` has no effect.
`void` `flush()` Flush the stream.
`String` `toString()` Return the buffer's current value as a string.
`void` `write(char[] text, int offset, int length)` Write a portion of an array of characters.
`void` `write(int c)` Write a single character.
`void` `write(String text)` Write a string.
`void` `write(String text, int offset, int length)` Write a portion of a string.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer
`append, append, append, append, append, append, write`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### StringBufferWriter

    public StringBufferWriter(StringBuffer buffer)

  Create a new string writer which will append the text to the given StringBuffer

Method Detail

### write

    public void write(int c)

  Write a single character.

  Overrides:
    `write` in class `Writer`

### write

    public void write(char[] text,
                      int offset,
                      int length)

  Write a portion of an array of characters.

  Specified by:
    `write` in class `Writer`
  Parameters:
    `text` - Array of characters
    `offset` - Offset from which to start writing characters
    `length` - Number of characters to write

### write

    public void write(String text)

  Write a string.

  Overrides:
    `write` in class `Writer`

### write

    public void write(String text,
                      int offset,
                      int length)

  Write a portion of a string.

  Overrides:
    `write` in class `Writer`
  Parameters:
    `text` - the text to be written
    `offset` - offset from which to start writing characters
    `length` - Number of characters to write

### toString

    public String toString()

  Return the buffer's current value as a string.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

### flush

    public void flush()

  Flush the stream.

  Specified by:
    `flush` in interface `Flushable`
  Specified by:
    `flush` in class `Writer`

### close

    public void close()
               throws IOException

  Closing a `StringWriter` has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an `IOException`.

  Specified by:
    `close` in interface `Closeable`
  Specified by:
    `close` in class `Writer`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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