Class PrettyPrinter

java.lang.Object

com.googlecode.concurrenttrees.common.PrettyPrinter

public class PrettyPrinter
extends Object

Utility methods to generate semi-graphical string representations of trees.

Author:

Niall Gallagher

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	prettyPrint(PrettyPrintable tree)	Generates a semi-graphical string representation of a given tree.
static void	prettyPrint(PrettyPrintable tree, Appendable appendable)	Generates a semi-graphical string representation of a given tree, writing it to a given Appendable.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

prettyPrint

public static String prettyPrint(PrettyPrintable tree)

Generates a semi-graphical string representation of a given tree.

Example output:

○
└── ○ B (1)
    └── ○ A (2)
        └── ○ N (3)
            ├── ○ AN (5)
            │   └── ○ A (6)
            └── ○ DANA (4)

Parameters:

tree - The tree for which the semi-graphical representation should be generated

Returns:

A semi-graphical string representation of the tree

prettyPrint

public static void prettyPrint(PrettyPrintable tree,
 Appendable appendable)

Generates a semi-graphical string representation of a given tree, writing it to a given Appendable.

Example output:

○
└── ○ B (1)
    └── ○ A (2)
        └── ○ N (3)
            ├── ○ AN (5)
            │   └── ○ A (6)
            └── ○ DANA (4)

Parameters:

tree - The tree for which the semi-graphical representation should be generated

appendable - The object to which the tree should be written