SExpPrinter

All Superinterfaces:: AutoCloseable

All Known Implementing Classes:: CodeWriterSExpPrinter

public interface SExpPrinter extends AutoCloseable

A pretty-printer for S-expressions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

void

close()

Flushes and closes both this printer and any underlying output stream to which it is attached.

void

endList()

Prints the close parenthesis of an S-expression list.

void

flush()

Flushes all formatted text to the underlying writer.

void

printAtom(String atom)

Prints an atom.

void

startList()

Prints the open parenthesis of an S-expression list.

default void

startUnifiedList()

Prints the open parenthesis of an S-expression list, and requires that if a line break is required to separate any two elements of this list, then all elements of this list must be separated by a line break (optional operation).

Method Details
- printAtom
  
  void printAtom(String atom)
  
  Prints an atom.
  
  Parameters:
  
  atom - the atom to print
- startList
  
  void startList()
  
  Prints the open parenthesis of an S-expression list.
- startUnifiedList
  
  default void startUnifiedList()
  
  Prints the open parenthesis of an S-expression list, and requires that if a line break is required to separate any two elements of this list, then all elements of this list must be separated by a line break (optional operation).
- endList
  
  void endList()
  
  Prints the close parenthesis of an S-expression list.
- flush
  
  void flush()
  
  Flushes all formatted text to the underlying writer. This method should be called when printing is complete.
- close
  
  void close()
  
  Flushes and closes both this printer and any underlying output stream to which it is attached. It is an error to perform any subsequent operations on the same printer.
  
  Specified by:
  
  close in interface AutoCloseable