IndentPrinter (Groovy 2.4.10)

java.lang.Object
- groovy.util.IndentPrinter

```
public class IndentPrinter
extends Object
```
A helper class for printing indented text. This can be used stand-alone or, more commonly, from Builders.
By default, a PrintWriter to System.out is used as the Writer, but it is possible to change the Writer by passing a new one as a constructor argument.
Indention by default is 2 characters but can be changed by passing a different value as a constructor argument.
The following is an example usage. Note that within a "with" block you need to specify a parameter name so that this.println is not called instead of IndentPrinter.println:
```
 new IndentPrinter(new PrintWriter(out)).with { p ->
     p.printIndent()
     p.println('parent1')
     p.incrementIndent()
     p.printIndent()
     p.println('child 1')
     p.printIndent()
     p.println('child 2')
     p.decrementIndent()
     p.printIndent()
     p.println('parent2')
     p.flush()
 }
 
```
The above example prints this to standard output:
```
 parent1
   child 1
   child 2
 parent2
 
```
Author:

James Strachan

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`IndentPrinter()` Creates an IndentPrinter backed by a PrintWriter pointing to System.out, with an indent of two spaces.
`IndentPrinter(Writer out)` Creates an IndentPrinter backed by the supplied Writer, with an indent of two spaces.
`IndentPrinter(Writer out, String indent)` Creates an IndentPrinter backed by the supplied Writer, with a user-supplied String to be used for indenting.
`IndentPrinter(Writer out, String indent, boolean addNewlines)` Creates an IndentPrinter backed by the supplied Writer, with a user-supplied String to be used for indenting and the ability to override newline handling.
`IndentPrinter(Writer out, String indent, boolean addNewlines, boolean autoIndent)` Create an IndentPrinter to the given PrintWriter

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`decrementIndent()`
`void`	`flush()`
`boolean`	`getAutoIndent()`
`int`	`getIndentLevel()`
`void`	`incrementIndent()`
`void`	`print(char c)` Prints a character.
`void`	`print(String text)` Prints a string.
`void`	`printIndent()` Prints the current indent level.
`void`	`println()` Prints an end-of-line character (if enabled via addNewLines property).
`void`	`println(String text)` Prints a string followed by an end of line character.
`void`	`setAutoIndent(boolean autoIndent)`
`void`	`setIndentLevel(int indentLevel)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - IndentPrinter
```
public IndentPrinter()
```
    Creates an IndentPrinter backed by a PrintWriter pointing to System.out, with an indent of two spaces.
    
    See Also:
    
    IndentPrinter(Writer, String)
  - IndentPrinter
```
public IndentPrinter(Writer out)
```
    Creates an IndentPrinter backed by the supplied Writer, with an indent of two spaces.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - Writer to output to
    
    See Also:
    
    IndentPrinter(Writer, String)
  - IndentPrinter
```
public IndentPrinter(Writer out,
                     String indent)
```
    Creates an IndentPrinter backed by the supplied Writer, with a user-supplied String to be used for indenting.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - Writer to output to
    
    indent - character(s) used to indent each line
  - IndentPrinter
```
public IndentPrinter(Writer out,
                     String indent,
                     boolean addNewlines)
```
    Creates an IndentPrinter backed by the supplied Writer, with a user-supplied String to be used for indenting and the ability to override newline handling.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - Writer to output to
    
    indent - character(s) used to indent each line
    
    addNewlines - set to false to gobble all new lines (default true)
  - IndentPrinter
```
public IndentPrinter(Writer out,
                     String indent,
                     boolean addNewlines,
                     boolean autoIndent)
```
    Create an IndentPrinter to the given PrintWriter
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - Writer to output to
    
    indent - character(s) used to indent each line
    
    addNewlines - set to false to gobble all new lines (default true)
    
    autoIndent - set to true to make println() prepend the indent automatically (default false)
- Method Detail
  - println
```
public void println(String text)
```
    Prints a string followed by an end of line character.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - String to be written
  - print
```
public void print(String text)
```
    Prints a string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - String to be written
  - print
```
public void print(char c)
```
    Prints a character.
    
    Parameters:
    
    c - char to be written
  - printIndent
```
public void printIndent()
```
    Prints the current indent level.
  - println
```
public void println()
```
    Prints an end-of-line character (if enabled via addNewLines property). Defaults to outputting a single '\n' character but by using a custom Writer, e.g. PlatformLineWriter, you can get platform-specific end-of-line characters.
    
    See Also:
    
    IndentPrinter(Writer, String, boolean)
  - incrementIndent
```
public void incrementIndent()
```
  - decrementIndent
```
public void decrementIndent()
```
  - getIndentLevel
```
public int getIndentLevel()
```
  - setIndentLevel
```
public void setIndentLevel(int indentLevel)
```
  - getAutoIndent
```
public boolean getAutoIndent()
```
  - setAutoIndent
```
public void setAutoIndent(boolean autoIndent)
```
  - flush
```
public void flush()
```

Class IndentPrinter

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

IndentPrinter

IndentPrinter

IndentPrinter

IndentPrinter

IndentPrinter

Method Detail

println

print

print

printIndent

println

incrementIndent

decrementIndent

getIndentLevel

setIndentLevel

getAutoIndent

setAutoIndent

flush