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package net.hasor.rsf.utils;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.Writer;
/**
 * {@link Writer} implementation that outputs to a {@link StringBuilder}.
 * <p>
 * <strong>NOTE:</strong> This implementation, as an alternative to
 * <code>java.io.StringWriter</code>, provides an <i>un-synchronized</i>
 * (i.e. for use in a single thread) implementation for better performance.
 * For safe usage with multiple {@link Thread}s then
 * <code>java.io.StringWriter</code> should be used.
 *
 * @version $Id: StringBuilderWriter.java 1304052 2012-03-22 20:55:29Z ggregory $
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class StringBuilderWriter extends Writer implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 421860127610078572L;
    private final StringBuilder builder;
    /**
     * Construct a new {@link StringBuilder} instance with default capacity.
     */
    public StringBuilderWriter() {
        this.builder = new StringBuilder();
    }
    /**
     * Construct a new {@link StringBuilder} instance with the specified capacity.
     *
     * @param capacity The initial capacity of the underlying {@link StringBuilder}
     */
    public StringBuilderWriter(final int capacity) {
        this.builder = new StringBuilder(capacity);
    }
    /**
     * Construct a new instance with the specified {@link StringBuilder}.
     *
     * @param builder The String builder
     */
    public StringBuilderWriter(final StringBuilder builder) {
        this.builder = builder != null ? builder : new StringBuilder();
    }
    /**
     * Append a single character to this Writer.
     *
     * @param value The character to append
     * @return This writer instance
     */
    @Override
    public Writer append(final char value) {
        this.builder.append(value);
        return this;
    }
    /**
     * Append a character sequence to this Writer.
     *
     * @param value The character to append
     * @return This writer instance
     */
    @Override
    public Writer append(final CharSequence value) {
        this.builder.append(value);
        return this;
    }
    /**
     * Append a portion of a character sequence to the {@link StringBuilder}.
     *
     * @param value The character to append
     * @param start The index of the first character
     * @param end The index of the last character + 1
     * @return This writer instance
     */
    @Override
    public Writer append(final CharSequence value, final int start, final int end) {
        this.builder.append(value, start, end);
        return this;
    }
    /**
     * Closing this writer has no effect. 
     */
    @Override
    public void close() {
    }
    /**
     * Flushing this writer has no effect. 
     */
    @Override
    public void flush() {
    }
    /**
     * Write a String to the {@link StringBuilder}.
     *
     * @param value The value to write
     */
    @Override
    public void write(final String value) {
        if (value != null) {
            this.builder.append(value);
        }
    }
    /**
     * Write a portion of a character array to the {@link StringBuilder}.
     *
     * @param value The value to write
     * @param offset The index of the first character
     * @param length The number of characters to write
     */
    @Override
    public void write(final char[] value, final int offset, final int length) {
        if (value != null) {
            this.builder.append(value, offset, length);
        }
    }
    /**
     * Return the underlying builder.
     *
     * @return The underlying builder
     */
    public StringBuilder getBuilder() {
        return this.builder;
    }
    /**
     * Returns {@link StringBuilder#toString()}.
     *
     * @return The contents of the String builder.
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return this.builder.toString();
    }
}