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The SmartWriter.java Java example source code

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package com.sun.tools.sjavac.comp;

import java.io.*;
import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;

/**
 * The SmartWriter will cache the written data and when the writer is closed,
 * then it will compare the cached data with the old_content string.
 * If different, then it will write all the new content to the file.
 * If not, the file is not touched.
 *
 *  <p>This is NOT part of any supported API.
 * If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own
 * risk.  This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change
 * or deletion without notice.</b>

 */
public class SmartWriter extends Writer {

    String name;
    JavaFileObject file;
    String oldContent;
    StringWriter newContent = new StringWriter();
    PrintWriter stdout;
    boolean closed;
    public SmartWriter(JavaFileObject f, String s, String n, PrintWriter pw) {
        name = n;
        file = f;
        oldContent = s;
        newContent = new StringWriter();
        stdout = pw;
        closed = false;
    }

    public void write(char[] chars, int i, int i1)
    {
        newContent.write(chars, i, i1);
    }

    public void close() throws IOException {
        if (closed) return;
        closed = true;
        String s = newContent.toString();
        if (!oldContent.equals(s)) {
            int p = file.getName().lastIndexOf(File.separatorChar);
            try (Writer writer = file.openWriter()) {
                writer.write(s);
            }
            stdout.println("Writing "+file.getName().substring(p+1));
        }
    }

    public void flush() throws IOException {
    }
}