Package edu.pdx.cs410J.family

Class PrettyPrinter

java.lang.Object

edu.pdx.cs410J.family.PrettyPrinter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Dumper

public class PrettyPrinter
extends Object
implements Dumper

This class dumps a family tree to a text file in a format that can be read by a person.

Author:

David Whitlock

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
(package private) class	PrettyPrinter.PersonSorter	Inner class used only by the dump method.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PrettyPrinter(File file)	Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a given file.
PrettyPrinter(PrintWriter pw)	Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a PrintWriter.
PrettyPrinter(String fileName)	Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a file of a given name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dump(FamilyTree tree)	Prints the contents of the given family tree in a human-readable format.
static void	main(String[] args)	Test program.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

PrettyPrinter

public PrettyPrinter(String fileName)
              throws IOException

Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a file of a given name. If the file does not exist, it is created.

Throws:

IOException

PrettyPrinter

public PrettyPrinter(File file)
              throws IOException

Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a given file.

Throws:

IOException

PrettyPrinter

PrettyPrinter(PrintWriter pw)

Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a PrintWriter. This way, we can print to destinations other than files (such as the console).

Method Details

dump

public void dump(FamilyTree tree)

Prints the contents of the given family tree in a human-readable format.

Specified by:

dump in interface Dumper

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Test program. Create a simple family tree and print it to the console.