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package org.apache.jena.atlas.iterator;

public class AccString<T> implements Accumulate<T, String>
{
    StringBuilder buffer = null ;
    private String sep ;
    private boolean first = true ;

    // Fresh StringBuilder
    public AccString(String sep) { this.sep = sep ; }
    public AccString() { this(" ") ; }

    @Override
    public void accumulate(T item)
    { 
        if ( ! first )
            buffer.append(sep) ;
        if ( item != null )
            buffer.append(toString(item)) ;
        else
            buffer.append("<null>") ;
        first = false ;
    }

    /** Make into a string */
    protected String toString(T item)
    {
        return item.toString() ; 
    }
    
    @Override
    public String get()
    {
        return buffer.toString() ;
    }

    @Override
    public void start()
    { 
        // Resets on each use.
        buffer = new StringBuilder() ; 
        first = true ;
    }
    
    @Override
    public void finish() {}

}