001 /*
002 * Copyright (c) 2013 by Oli B.
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express orimplied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 *
016 * (c)reated 14.09.2013 by Oli B. (boehm@javatux.de)
017 */
018
019 package patterntesting.runtime.io;
020
021 import java.io.*;
022
023 /**
024 * Whenever you need a {@link FileOutputStream} and want a better toString
025 * implementation you can use the class BetterFileOutputStream. "Better" means
026 * that you see the name if the input file in the log which is much more helpful
027 * than the default implementation of {@link Object#toString()}, especially for
028 * logging and debugging.
029 *
030 * @author oliver (boehm@javatux.de)
031 * @since 1.3.1 (14.09.2013)
032 * @see FileOutputStream
033 */
034 public final class BetterFileOutputStream extends FileOutputStream {
035
036 private final File file;
037
038 /**
039 * Instantiates a new better file output stream.
040 *
041 * @param name the file name
042 * @throws FileNotFoundException the file not found exception
043 * @see FileOutputStream#FileOutputStream(String)
044 */
045 public BetterFileOutputStream(final String name) throws FileNotFoundException {
046 super(name);
047 this.file = new File(name);
048 }
049
050 /**
051 * Instantiates a new better file output stream.
052 *
053 * @param file the file
054 * @throws FileNotFoundException the file not found exception
055 * @see FileOutputStream#FileOutputStream(File)
056 */
057 public BetterFileOutputStream(final File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
058 super(file);
059 this.file = file;
060 }
061
062 /**
063 * Instantiates a new better file output stream.
064 *
065 * @param name the file name
066 * @param append if it should be appended
067 * @throws FileNotFoundException the file not found exception
068 * @see FileOutputStream#FileOutputStream(String,boolean)
069 */
070 public BetterFileOutputStream(final String name, final boolean append) throws FileNotFoundException {
071 super(name, append);
072 this.file = new File(name);
073 }
074
075 /**
076 * Instantiates a new better file output stream.
077 *
078 * @param file the file
079 * @param append if it should be appended
080 * @throws FileNotFoundException the file not found exception
081 * @see FileOutputStream#FileOutputStream(File,boolean)
082 */
083 public BetterFileOutputStream(final File file, final boolean append) throws FileNotFoundException {
084 super(file, append);
085 this.file = file;
086 }
087
088 /**
089 * This toString implementation reports the name of the output file which is
090 * much more helpful than the default implementation of
091 * {@link Object#toString()}, especially for logging and debugging.
092 *
093 * @return the string
094 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
095 */
096 @Override
097 public String toString() {
098 return "output stream for file \"" + this.file + '"';
099 }
100
101 }
102