lib.easyjava.io.output

Class ProgressPrinter

java.lang.Object

lib.easyjava.io.output.ProgressPrinter

public class ProgressPrinter
extends java.lang.Object

Prints a bunch of dots to stdout to report the progress of some operation in your command line application

Author:

Rob Rua (robrua@alumni.cmu.edu)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProgressPrinter(long numTicks, long numDots, long dotsPerLine)
ProgressPrinter(long numTicks, long numDots, long dotsPerLine, java.lang.String prefix)
ProgressPrinter(long numTicks, long numDots, long dotsPerLine, java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String postfix)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	tick() Informs the printer that you've completed one of the operations the user is waiting on.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProgressPrinter

public ProgressPrinter(long numTicks,
                       long numDots,
                       long dotsPerLine)

Parameters:

numTicks - the number of operations that your application is completing while printing dots

numDots - the number of dots to print to the console

dotsPerLine - the number of dots per line

ProgressPrinter

public ProgressPrinter(long numTicks,
                       long numDots,
                       long dotsPerLine,
                       java.lang.String prefix)

Parameters:

numTicks - the number of operations that your application is completing while printing dots

numDots - the number of dots to print to the console

dotsPerLine - the number of dots per line

prefix - a string to print before every line of dots

ProgressPrinter

public ProgressPrinter(long numTicks,
                       long numDots,
                       long dotsPerLine,
                       java.lang.String prefix,
                       java.lang.String postfix)

Parameters:

numTicks - the number of operations that your application is completing while printing dots

numDots - the number of dots to print to the console

dotsPerLine - the number of dots per line

prefix - a string to print before every line of dots

postfix - a string to print after every line of dots

Method Detail

tick

public void tick()

Informs the printer that you've completed one of the operations the user is waiting on. Prints dots when appropriate.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object