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package org.apache.commons.lang;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
/**
* <p>A PrintWriter that maintains a String as its backing store.</p>
*
* <p>Usage:
* <pre>
* StringPrintWriter out = new StringPrintWriter();
* printTo(out);
* System.out.println( out.getString() );
* </pre>
* </p>
*
* @author Alex Chaffee
* @author Scott Stanchfield
* @since 2.0
*/
class StringPrintWriter extends PrintWriter {
public StringPrintWriter() {
super(new StringWriter());
}
public StringPrintWriter(int initialSize) {
super(new StringWriter(initialSize));
}
/**
* <p>Since toString() returns information *about* this object, we
* want a separate method to extract just the contents of the
* internal buffer as a String.</p>
*
* @return the contents of the internal string buffer
*/
public String getString() {
flush();
return ((StringWriter) out).toString();
}
}