edu.cornell.cs.cs4120.util

Interface SExpPrinter

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CodeWriterSExpPrinter

public interface SExpPrinter
extends java.lang.AutoCloseable

A pretty-printer for S-expressions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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(java.lang.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 Detail

printAtom

void printAtom(java.lang.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 java.lang.AutoCloseable