Added in API level 1

StringWriter

open class StringWriter : Writer

kotlin.Any
↳	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

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

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

Inherited functions

From class Writer

Writer!

nullWriter()

Returns a new Writer which discards all characters. The returned stream is initially open. The stream is closed by calling the close() method. Subsequent calls to close() have no effect.

While the stream is open, the append(char), append(CharSequence), append(CharSequence, int, int), flush(), write(int), write(char[]), and write(char[], int, int) methods do nothing. After the stream has been closed, these methods all throw IOException.

The object used to synchronize operations on the returned Writer is not specified.

Unit

write(cbuf: CharArray!)

Writes an array of characters.

Inherited properties

From class Writer

Any!

lock

The object used to synchronize operations on this stream. For efficiency, a character-stream object may use an object other than itself to protect critical sections. A subclass should therefore use the object in this field rather than this or a synchronized method.

Public constructors

StringWriter

Added in API level 1

StringWriter()

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

StringWriter

Added in API level 1

StringWriter(initialSize: Int)

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

Exceptions
`java.lang.IllegalArgumentException`	If `initialSize` is negative

Public methods

append

Added in API level 1

open fun append(csq: CharSequence?): StringWriter

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.

Return
`StringWriter`	This writer

Exceptions
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

append

Added in API level 1

open fun append(
    csq: CharSequence?, 
    start: Int, 
    end: Int
): StringWriter

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

<code>out.write(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString())
  </code>

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

Return
`StringWriter`	This writer

Exceptions
`java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException`	If `start` or `end` are negative, `start` is greater than `end`, or `end` is greater than `csq.length()`
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

append

Added in API level 1

open fun append(c: Char): StringWriter

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

Return
`StringWriter`	This writer

Exceptions
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

close

Added in API level 1

open fun close(): Unit

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

Exceptions
`java.lang.Exception`	if this resource cannot be closed
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

flush

Added in API level 1

open fun flush(): Unit

Flush the stream.

Exceptions
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

getBuffer

Added in API level 1

open fun getBuffer(): StringBuffer!

Return the string buffer itself.

Return
`StringBuffer!`	StringBuffer holding the current buffer value.

toString

Added in API level 1

open fun toString(): String

Return the buffer's current value as a string.

Return
`String`	a string representation of the object.

write

Added in API level 1

open fun write(c: Int): Unit

Write a single character.

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

Exceptions
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

write

Added in API level 1

open fun write(
    cbuf: CharArray!, 
    off: Int, 
    len: Int
): Unit

Write a portion of an array of characters.

Parameters
`cbuf`	CharArray!: Array of characters
`off`	Int: Offset from which to start writing characters
`len`	Int: Number of characters to write

Exceptions
`java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException`	If `off` is negative, or `len` is negative, or `off + len` is negative or greater than the length of the given array
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

write

Added in API level 1

open fun write(str: String!): Unit

Write a string.

Parameters
`str`	String!: String to be written

Exceptions
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs

write

Added in API level 1

open fun write(
    str: String!, 
    off: Int, 
    len: Int
): Unit

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

Exceptions
`java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException`	If `off` is negative, or `len` is negative, or `off + len` is negative or greater than the length of the given string
`java.io.IOException`	If an I/O error occurs