edu.pdx.cs399J.family
Class PrettyPrinter

java.lang.Object
  edu.pdx.cs399J.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

Constructor Summary

PrettyPrinter(File file)
Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a given file.

PrettyPrinter(String fileName)
Creates a new pretty printer that prints to a file of a given name.

Method Summary

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 Detail

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

Method Detail

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.