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Printer
public
interface
Printer
Known indirect subclasses
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Simple interface for printing text, allowing redirection to various
targets. Standard implementations are LogPrinter,
StringBuilderPrinter, and
PrintWriterPrinter.
Summary
Public methods |
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abstract
void
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println(String x)
Write a line of text to the output.
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Public methods
println
public abstract void println (String x)
Write a line of text to the output. There is no need to terminate
the given string with a newline.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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