Class DotTerminatedMessageWriter

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Closeable, java.io.Flushable, java.lang.Appendable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

    public final class DotTerminatedMessageWriter
    extends java.io.Writer
    DotTerminatedMessageWriter is a class used to write messages to a server that are terminated by a single dot followed by a <CR><LF> sequence and with double dots appearing at the begining of lines which do not signal end of message yet start with a dot. Various Internet protocols such as NNTP and POP3 produce messages of this type.

    This class handles the doubling of line-starting periods, converts single linefeeds to NETASCII newlines, and on closing will send the final message terminator dot and NETASCII newline sequence.

    • Field Summary

      • Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

        lock
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      DotTerminatedMessageWriter​(java.io.Writer output)
      Creates a DotTerminatedMessageWriter that wraps an existing Writer output destination.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      void close()
      Flushes the underlying output, writing all buffered output, but doesn't actually close the underlying stream.
      void flush()
      Flushes the underlying output, writing all buffered output.
      void write​(char[] buffer)
      Writes a character array to the output.
      void write​(char[] buffer, int offset, int length)
      Writes a number of characters from a character array to the output starting from a given offset.
      void write​(int ch)
      Writes a character to the output.
      void write​(java.lang.String string)
      Writes a String to the output.
      void write​(java.lang.String string, int offset, int length)
      Writes part of a String to the output starting from a given offset.
      • Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer

        append, append, append, nullWriter
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • DotTerminatedMessageWriter

        public DotTerminatedMessageWriter​(java.io.Writer output)
        Creates a DotTerminatedMessageWriter that wraps an existing Writer output destination.
        Parameters:
        output - The Writer output destination to write the message.
    • Method Detail

      • write

        public void write​(int ch)
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Writes a character to the output. Note that a call to this method may result in multiple writes to the underling Writer in order to convert naked linefeeds to NETASCII line separators and to double line-leading periods. This is transparent to the programmer and is only mentioned for completeness.
        Overrides:
        write in class java.io.Writer
        Parameters:
        ch - The character to write.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output.
      • write

        public void write​(char[] buffer,
                          int offset,
                          int length)
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Writes a number of characters from a character array to the output starting from a given offset.
        Specified by:
        write in class java.io.Writer
        Parameters:
        buffer - The character array to write.
        offset - The offset into the array at which to start copying data.
        length - The number of characters to write.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output.
      • write

        public void write​(char[] buffer)
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Writes a character array to the output.
        Overrides:
        write in class java.io.Writer
        Parameters:
        buffer - The character array to write.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output.
      • write

        public void write​(java.lang.String string)
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Writes a String to the output.
        Overrides:
        write in class java.io.Writer
        Parameters:
        string - The String to write.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output.
      • write

        public void write​(java.lang.String string,
                          int offset,
                          int length)
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Writes part of a String to the output starting from a given offset.
        Overrides:
        write in class java.io.Writer
        Parameters:
        string - The String to write.
        offset - The offset into the String at which to start copying data.
        length - The number of characters to write.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output.
      • flush

        public void flush()
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Flushes the underlying output, writing all buffered output.
        Specified by:
        flush in interface java.io.Flushable
        Specified by:
        flush in class java.io.Writer
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output.
      • close

        public void close()
                   throws java.io.IOException
        Flushes the underlying output, writing all buffered output, but doesn't actually close the underlying stream. The underlying stream may still be used for communicating with the server and therefore is not closed.
        Specified by:
        close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable
        Specified by:
        close in interface java.io.Closeable
        Specified by:
        close in class java.io.Writer
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If an error occurs while writing to the underlying output or closing the Writer.