PlainTextRenderable.java

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package it.tidalwave.role;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

/***************************************************************************************************************************************************************
 *
 * The role of an object that can be rendered into a {@link String} as plain text. Note that while it has a method
 * with the same signature as {@link StringRenderable}, it has modified semantics since it guarantees that the returned
 * string is a plain text.
 *
 * @stereotype Role
 *
 * @author  Fabrizio Giudici
 *
 **************************************************************************************************************************************************************/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface PlainTextRenderable extends StringRenderable
  {
    public static final Class<PlainTextRenderable> _PlainTextRenderable_ = PlainTextRenderable.class;

    /***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
     *
     * @since 3.2-ALPHA-1 (was previously on {@code Feedback8}
     **********************************************************************************************************************************************************/
    public default void renderTo (@Nonnull final StringBuilder stringBuilder,
                                  @Nonnull final Object ... args)
      {
        stringBuilder.append(render(args));
      }

    /***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
     *
     * @since 3.2-ALPHA-1 (was previously on {@code Feedback8}
     **********************************************************************************************************************************************************/
    public default void renderTo (@Nonnull final PrintWriter printWriter,
                                  @Nonnull final Object ... args)
      {
        printWriter.print(render(args));
      }
  }