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com.sun.tools.example.debug.tty

public Class MessageOutput

Class Inheritance

extends Object

java.lang.Object
com.sun.tools.example.debug.tty.MessageOutput

Imports

java.util.*, java.text.MessageFormat

Internationalization (i18n) convenience methods for jdb. All program output should flow through these methods, and this is the only class that should be printing directly or otherwise accessing System.[out,err].

Author: Tim Bell

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static MessageFormat	messageFormat Our message formatter.
pack-priv static ResourceBundle	textResources The resource bundle containing localizable message content.

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	MessageOutput()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
pack-priv static void	fatalError(String messageKey) Fatal shutdown notification.
pack-priv static String	format(String key) "Format" a string by doing a simple key lookup.
pack-priv static String	format(String key, String argument) Fetch and format a message with one string argument.
pack-priv static synchronized String	format(String key, Object[] arguments) Fetch a string by key lookup and format in the arguments.
pack-priv static void	lnprint(String key) Print a newline, followed by the string.
pack-priv static void	lnprint(String key, String argument)
pack-priv static void	lnprint(String key, Object[] arguments)
pack-priv static void	print(String key) Format and print a simple string.
pack-priv static void	print(String key, String argument) Fetch, format and print a message with one string argument.
pack-priv static void	printDirect(String line)
pack-priv static void	printDirect(char c)
pack-priv static void	printDirectln(String line) Print directly to System.out.
pack-priv static void	printException(String key, Exception e) Print an exception message with a stack trace.
pack-priv static void	println() Print a newline.
pack-priv static void	println(String key) Format and print a simple string.
pack-priv static void	println(String key, String argument)
pack-priv static void	println(String key, Object[] arguments) Fetch, format and print a message with an arbitrary number of message arguments.
pack-priv static void	printPrompt()
pack-priv static void	printPrompt(boolean simple)

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

Field Detail

messageFormat	back to summary
private static MessageFormat messageFormat Our message formatter. Allocated once, used many times

textResources	back to summary
pack-priv static ResourceBundle textResources The resource bundle containing localizable message content. This is loaded by TTY.main() at start-up

Constructor Detail

MessageOutput	back to summary
public MessageOutput()

Method Detail

fatalError	back to summary
pack-priv static void fatalError(String messageKey) Fatal shutdown notification. This is sent to System.err instead of System.out

format	back to summary
pack-priv static String format(String key) "Format" a string by doing a simple key lookup.

format	back to summary
pack-priv static String format(String key, String argument) Fetch and format a message with one string argument. This is the most common usage.

format	back to summary
pack-priv static synchronized String format(String key, Object[] arguments) Fetch a string by key lookup and format in the arguments.

lnprint	back to summary
pack-priv static void lnprint(String key) Print a newline, followed by the string.

lnprint	back to summary
pack-priv static void lnprint(String key, String argument)

lnprint	back to summary
pack-priv static void lnprint(String key, Object[] arguments)

print	back to summary
pack-priv static void print(String key) Format and print a simple string.

print	back to summary
pack-priv static void print(String key, String argument) Fetch, format and print a message with one string argument. This is the most common usage.

printDirect	back to summary
pack-priv static void printDirect(String line)

printDirect	back to summary
pack-priv static void printDirect(char c)

printDirectln	back to summary
pack-priv static void printDirectln(String line) Print directly to System.out. Every rule has a few exceptions. The exceptions to "must use the MessageOutput formatters" are: VMConnection.dumpStream() TTY.monitorCommand() TTY.TTY() (for the '!!' command only) Commands.java (multiple locations) These are the only sites that should be calling this method.

printException	back to summary
pack-priv static void printException(String key, Exception e) Print an exception message with a stack trace.

println	back to summary
pack-priv static void println() Print a newline. Use this instead of '\n'

println	back to summary
pack-priv static void println(String key) Format and print a simple string.

println	back to summary
pack-priv static void println(String key, String argument)

println	back to summary
pack-priv static void println(String key, Object[] arguments) Fetch, format and print a message with an arbitrary number of message arguments.

printPrompt	back to summary
pack-priv static void printPrompt()

printPrompt	back to summary
pack-priv static void printPrompt(boolean simple)