Scala example source code file (TextBuffer.scala)

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The Scala TextBuffer.scala source code

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package scala.xml

import Utility.isSpace

object TextBuffer {
  def fromString(str: String): TextBuffer = new TextBuffer() append str
}

/** The class <code>TextBuffer is for creating text nodes without
 *  surplus whitespace. All occurrences of one or more whitespace in strings
 *  appended with the <code>append method will be replaced by a single
 *  space character, and leading and trailing space will be removed completely.
 */
class TextBuffer
{
  val sb = new StringBuilder()

  /** Appends this string to the text buffer, trimming whitespaces as needed.
   *
   *  @param  cs ...
   *  @return ...
   */
  def append(cs: Seq[Char]): this.type = {
    cs foreach { c => 
      if (!isSpace(c)) sb append c
      else if (sb.isEmpty || !isSpace(sb.last)) sb append ' '
    }
    this
  }

  /** Returns an empty sequence if text is only whitespace.
   *
   *  @return the text without whitespaces.
   */
  def toText: Seq[Text] = sb.toString.trim match {
    case "" => Nil
    case s  => Seq(Text(s))
  }
}