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 * $Id: BufferOutputWriter.java,v 1.2 2008/06/25 05:42:08 qcheng Exp $
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package com.sun.identity.cli;


/**
 * Output writer gets the messages from CLI engine and writes them to 
 * <code>System.out</code> or <code>System.err</code>.
 */
public class BufferOutputWriter implements IOutput {
    private StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer();

    /**
     * Prints message.
     *
     * @param str Message string.
     */
    public void printMessage(String str) {
        buff.append(str);
    }

    /**
     * Prints message with new line.
     *
     * @param str Message string.
     */
    public void printlnMessage(String str) {
        buff.append(str).append("\n");
    }

    /**
     * Prints error.
     *
     * @param str Error message string.
     */
    public void printError(String str) {
        buff.append(str);
    }

    /**
     * Prints error with new line.
     *
     * @param str Error message string.
     */
    public void printlnError(String str) {
        buff.append(str).append("\n");
    }

    /**
     * Clears the buffer.
     */
    public void clearBuffer() {
        buff = new StringBuffer();
    }

    /**
     * Returns buffer.
     *
     * @return string buffer.
     */
    public String getBuffer() {
        return buff.toString();
    }
}
