/*
 * $Source: /usr/cvsroot/melati/melati/src/main/java/org/melati/util/MelatiBufferedWriter.java,v $
 * $Revision: 1.7 $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2000 Tim Joyce
 *
 * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
 * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
 *
 * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
 * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
 *
 * a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 *    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
 *    any later version,
 *
 *    or
 *
 * b) any version of the Melati Software License, as published
 *    at http://melati.org
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
 * the Melati Software License along with this program;
 * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA to obtain the
 * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
 * Melati Software License.
 *
 * Feel free to contact the Developers of Melati (http://melati.org),
 * if you would like to work out a different arrangement than the options
 * outlined here.  It is our intention to allow Melati to be used by as
 * wide an audience as possible.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * Contact details for copyright holder:
 *
 *     Tim Joyce <timj At paneris.org>
 */

package org.melati.util;

import java.io.CharArrayWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * A buffered output object for Melati.
 */

public class MelatiBufferedWriter extends MelatiWriter {

  // the output is buffered
  private CharArrayWriter bufferedOutput = new CharArrayWriter(2000);
  
  /**
   * Constructor.
   * 
   * @param writer the Writer
   */
  public MelatiBufferedWriter(Writer writer) {
    out = writer;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   * @see java.io.Writer#write(char[], int, int)
   */
  public void write(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
    bufferedOutput.write(cbuf, off, len);
    startFlushing();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   * @see org.melati.util.MelatiWriter#reset()
   */
  public void reset() throws IOException {
    bufferedOutput.reset();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   * @see java.io.Flushable#flush()
   */
  public void flush() throws IOException {
    bufferedOutput.flush();
    out.flush();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   * @see java.io.Closeable#close()
   */
  public void close() throws IOException {
    bufferedOutput.writeTo(out);
    bufferedOutput.close();
    super.close();
  }
  
}
