Added in API level 1

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StringWriter

public class StringWriter
extends Writer

java.lang.Object
↳	java.io.Writer
	↳	java.io.StringWriter

A character stream that collects its output in a string buffer, which can then be used to construct a string.

Closing a StringWriter has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an IOException.

Summary

Inherited fields

From class java.io.Writer


    protected
    
    
    Object

lock

The object used to synchronize operations on this stream.

Public constructors
`StringWriter()` Create a new string writer using the default initial string-buffer size.
`StringWriter(int initialSize)` Create a new string writer using the specified initial string-buffer size.

Public methods
`StringWriter`	`append(char c)` Appends the specified character to this writer.
`StringWriter`	`append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end)` Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.
`StringWriter`	`append(CharSequence csq)` Appends the specified character sequence to this writer.
`void`	`close()` Closing a `StringWriter` has no effect.
`void`	`flush()` Flush the stream.
`StringBuffer`	`getBuffer()` Return the string buffer itself.
`String`	`toString()` Return the buffer's current value as a string.
`void`	`write(String str)` Write a string.
`void`	`write(int c)` Write a single character.
`void`	`write(String str, int off, int len)` Write a portion of a string.
`void`	`write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)` Write a portion of an array of characters.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.io.Writer

`Writer`	`append(char c)` Appends the specified character to this writer.
`Writer`	`append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end)` Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.
`Writer`	`append(CharSequence csq)` Appends the specified character sequence to this writer.
`abstract void`	`close()` Closes the stream, flushing it first.
`abstract void`	`flush()` Flushes the stream.
`static Writer`	`nullWriter()` Returns a new `Writer` which discards all characters.
`void`	`write(String str)` Writes a string.
`void`	`write(int c)` Writes a single character.
`void`	`write(String str, int off, int len)` Writes a portion of a string.
`abstract void`	`write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)` Writes a portion of an array of characters.
`void`	`write(char[] cbuf)` Writes an array of characters.

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

From interface


        
          java.lang.Appendable

`abstract Appendable`	`append(char c)` Appends the specified character to this `Appendable`.
`abstract Appendable`	`append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end)` Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this `Appendable`.
`abstract Appendable`	`append(CharSequence csq)` Appends the specified character sequence to this `Appendable`.

From interface


        
          java.io.Closeable


      close()

Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it.

From interface


        
          java.io.Flushable


      flush()

Flushes this stream by writing any buffered output to the underlying stream.

From interface


        
          java.lang.AutoCloseable


      close()

Closes this resource, relinquishing any underlying resources.

Public constructors

StringWriter

Added in API level 1

public StringWriter ()

Create a new string writer using the default initial string-buffer size.

StringWriter

Added in API level 1

public StringWriter (int initialSize)

Create a new string writer using the specified initial string-buffer size.

Parameters
`initialSize`	`int`: The number of `char` values that will fit into this buffer before it is automatically expanded

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException`	If `initialSize` is negative

Public methods

append

Added in API level 1

public StringWriter append (char c)

Appends the specified character to this writer.

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(c) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

     out.write(c)

Parameters
`c`	`char`: The 16-bit character to append

Returns
`StringWriter`	This writer

append

Added in API level 1

public StringWriter append (CharSequence csq, 
                int start, 
                int end)

Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(csq, start, end) when csq is not null, behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

out.write(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString())

Parameters
`csq`	`CharSequence`: The character sequence from which a subsequence will be appended. If `csq` is `null`, then characters will be appended as if `csq` contained the four characters `"null"`.
`start`	`int`: The index of the first character in the subsequence
`end`	`int`: The index of the character following the last character in the subsequence

Returns
`StringWriter`	This writer

Throws
`IndexOutOfBoundsException`	If `start` or `end` are negative, `start` is greater than `end`, or `end` is greater than `csq.length()`

append

Added in API level 1

public StringWriter append (CharSequence csq)

Appends the specified character sequence to this writer.

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(csq) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

     out.write(csq.toString())

Depending on the specification of toString for the character sequence csq, the entire sequence may not be appended. For instance, invoking the toString method of a character buffer will return a subsequence whose content depends upon the buffer's position and limit.

Parameters
`csq`	`CharSequence`: The character sequence to append. If `csq` is `null`, then the four characters `"null"` are appended to this writer.

Returns
`StringWriter`	This writer

close

Added in API level 1

public void close ()

Closing a StringWriter has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an IOException.

Throws
`IOException`

flush

Added in API level 1

public void flush ()

Flush the stream.

getBuffer

Added in API level 1

public StringBuffer getBuffer ()

Return the string buffer itself.

Returns
`StringBuffer`	StringBuffer holding the current buffer value.

toString

Added in API level 1

public String toString ()

Return the buffer's current value as a string.

Returns
`String`	a string representation of the object.

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (String str)

Write a string.

Parameters
`str`	`String`: String to be written

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (int c)

Write a single character.

Parameters
`c`	`int`: int specifying a character to be written

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (String str, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Write a portion of a string.

Parameters
`str`	`String`: String to be written
`off`	`int`: Offset from which to start writing characters
`len`	`int`: Number of characters to write

Throws
`IndexOutOfBoundsException`	If `off` is negative, or `len` is negative, or `off + len` is negative or greater than the length of the given string

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (char[] cbuf, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Write a portion of an array of characters.

Parameters
`cbuf`	`char`: Array of characters
`off`	`int`: Offset from which to start writing characters
`len`	`int`: Number of characters to write

Throws
`IndexOutOfBoundsException`	If `off` is negative, or `len` is negative, or `off + len` is negative or greater than the length of the given array