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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2007, 2008 Ange Optimization ApS
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package eu.simuline.octave.util;
17  
18  import java.io.IOException;
19  import java.io.Writer;
20  
21  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
22  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
23  
24  /**
25   * Will protect a Writer from being closed by {@link #close()}, 
26   * useful for protecting stdout and stderr from being closed. 
27   * Trying to close via {@link #close()} results in loosing connection 
28   * whereas {@link #reallyClose()} really closes the writer. 
29   * 
30   * @author Kim Hansen
31   */
32  public final class NoCloseWriter extends Writer {
33  
34      private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(NoCloseWriter.class);
35  
36      /**
37       * A writer or <code>null</code>. 
38       * The latter is the case if initialized with <code>null</code>, 
39       * or if tried to close via {@link #close()}. 
40       * In the latter case 
41       * it is not even possible to close with {@link #reallyClose()}. 
42       */
43      private Writer writer;
44  
45      /**
46       * Create a NoCloseWriter that will protect writer.
47       * 
48       * @param writer
49       *    the writer to be protected from being closed by {@link #close()}.
50       */
51      public NoCloseWriter(final Writer writer) {
52          this.writer = writer;
53      }
54  
55      @Override
56      public void write(final char[] cbuf, final int off, final int len) 
57  	throws IOException {
58  
59          if (this.writer == null) {
60              return;
61          }
62          this.writer.write(cbuf, off, len);
63      }
64  
65      @Override
66      public void flush() throws IOException {
67          if (this.writer == null) {
68              return;
69          }
70          this.writer.flush();
71      }
72  
73      /**
74       * Flushes the writer and looses the connection to it. 
75       * No close and also in future no close possible. 
76       * 
77       * @throws IOException
78       *    from the underlying writer. 
79       * @see #reallyClose()
80       */
81      @Override
82      public void close() throws IOException {
83          LOG.debug("ignoring close() on a writer");
84          if (this.writer == null) {
85              return;
86          }
87          this.writer.flush();
88          this.writer = null;
89      }
90  
91      /**
92       * Really closes the underlying writer, with one exception ;-).
93       * 
94       * @throws IOException
95       *    from the underlying writer.
96       * @throws NullPointerException
97       *    if the NoCloseWriter has been closed via {@link #close()}.
98       */
99      public void reallyClose() throws IOException {
100         LOG.debug("reallyClose() a writer");
101         this.writer.close();
102     }
103 
104 }