FileOutputBase.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 by Arne Kesting, Martin Treiber, Ralph Germ, Martin Budden
 * <movsim.org@gmail.com>
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * 
 * This file is part of
 * 
 * MovSim - the multi-model open-source vehicular-traffic simulator.
 * 
 * MovSim is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 * 
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 * 
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 * or <http://www.movsim.org>.
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 */
package org.movsim.output.fileoutput;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import org.movsim.utilities.FileUtils;

public class FileOutputBase {

    public static final String COMMENT_CHAR = "#";

    protected final String path;
    protected final String baseFilename;
    protected PrintWriter writer;

    /**
     * Constructor, sets the path and base filename.
     */
    public FileOutputBase(String path, String baseFilename) {
        this.path = path;
        this.baseFilename = baseFilename;
    }

    public PrintWriter createWriter(String extension) {
        final String filename = path + File.separator + baseFilename + extension;
        return FileUtils.getWriter(filename);
    }

    public void write(String format, Object... args) {
        writer.printf(format, args);
        writer.flush();
    }
}