Field Detail

• lw

  public int lw

  The line width to use

Constructor Detail

• MsgPrinter

  public MsgPrinter(int linewidth)

  Creates a new message printer with the specified line width and with the default locale.

  Parameters:

  linewidth - The line width for which to format (in characters)

Method Detail

• getLineWidth

  public int getLineWidth()

  Returns the line width that is used for formatting.

  Returns:

  The line width used for formatting

• setLineWidth

  public void setLineWidth(int linewidth)

  Sets the line width to the specified value. This new value will be used in subsequent calls to the print() message.

  Parameters:

  linewidth - The new line width to use (in cahracters)

• print

  public void print(PrintWriter out,
                    int flind,
                    int ind,
                    String msg)

  Formats the message to print in the current line width, by breaking the message into lines between words. The number of spaces to indent the first line is specified by 'flind' and the number of spaces to indent each of the following lines is specified by 'ind'. Newlines in 'msg' are respected. A newline is always printed at the end.

  Parameters:

  out - Where to print the message.

  flind - The indentation for the first line.

  ind - The indentation for the other lines.

  msg - The message to format and print.