/*license*\ XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.io; import com.github.xbn.text.CrashIfString; import java.io.PrintStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; /** <p>Temporarily redirects console output into a string--useful for capturing output from another Java application.</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class PrintStreamForString { public String sCharSetName = null; public ByteArrayOutputStream baos = null; public PrintStream psNew = null; public PrintStream psOrig = null; public PrintStreamForString() { this("US-ASCII"); } public PrintStreamForString(String selfCmprharSetName) { baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); psNew = new PrintStream(baos); CrashIfString.nullEmpty(selfCmprharSetName, "selfCmprharSetName", null); sCharSetName = selfCmprharSetName; } public PrintStreamForString setSystemOutTo() { psOrig = System.out; System.setOut(psNew); return this; } public void resetSystemOut() { if(psOrig == null) { throw new NullPointerException("psOrig (must first setSystemOutTo())"); } System.setOut(psOrig); psOrig = null; } public String getStringAndReset() { String s = toString(); baos.reset(); resetSystemOut(); return s; } public String toString() { try { return baos.toString(sCharSetName); } catch(UnsupportedEncodingException uex) { throw new RuntimeException("sCharSetName=\"" + sCharSetName + "\"", uex); } } }