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Interface Output

All Superinterfaces:

LineProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BufferedOutput, FileOutput, NullOutput, StdOutput, StreamOutput, StringOutput, WriterOutput

public interface Output
extends LineProcessor

Represents a line-by-line output device. This interface does not add any functionality but refines the documentation for the generally defined methods from LineProcessor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	finish() Indicates that all output has been written.
boolean	processLine(Line line) Writes a line to the output.

Method Detail

processLine

boolean processLine(Line line)

Writes a line to the output.

Specified by:

processLine in interface LineProcessor

Parameters:

line - the line to write to the output.

Returns:

true if this Output device is ready to process more lines, and false otherwise; output devices usually return true

finish

void finish()

Indicates that all output has been written. Usually triggers a flush operation or closes the underlying reader or stream.

Specified by:

finish in interface LineProcessor