/FileExtraction/Java_unseen/dlitz_resin/modules/kernel/src/com/caucho/vfs/ByteToChar.java
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 * @author Scott Ferguson
 */

package com.caucho.vfs;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Utility class for converting a byte stream to a character stream.
 *
 * <pre>
 * ByteToChar converter = new ByteToChar();
 * converter.setEncoding("utf-8");
 * converter.clear();
 *
 * converter.addChar('H');
 * converter.addByte(0xc0);
 * converter.addByte(0xb8);
 *
 * String value = converter.getConvertedString();
 * </pre>
 */
public class ByteToChar extends AbstractByteToChar {
  private StringBuilder _charBuffer;

  /**
   * Creates an uninitialized converter. Use <code>init</code> to initialize.
   */ 
  ByteToChar()
  {
    _charBuffer = new StringBuilder();
  }

  public static ByteToChar create()
  {
    return new ByteToChar();
  }

  /**
   * Clears the converted
   */
  public void clear()
  {
    super.clear();
    
    _charBuffer.setLength(0);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the converted string.
   */
  public String getConvertedString()
    throws IOException
  {
    flush();
    
    return _charBuffer.toString();
  }

  @Override
  protected void outputChar(int ch)
  {
    _charBuffer.append((char) ch);
  }

  /**
   * Prints the object.
   */
  @Override
  public String toString()
  {
    try {
      return getConvertedString();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(String.valueOf(e));
    }
  }
}
