ColumnFormatter (Gerrit Review Plugin API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- com.google.gerrit.server.ioutil.ColumnFormatter

```
public class ColumnFormatter
extends Object
```
Simple output formatter for column-oriented data, writing its output to a PrintWriter object. Handles escaping of the column data so that the resulting output is unambiguous and reasonably safe and machine parsable.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ColumnFormatter(PrintWriter out, char columnSeparator)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addColumn(String content)`	Adds a text string as a new column in the current line of output, taking care of escaping as necessary.
`void`	`finish()`	Finishes the output by flushing the current line and takes care of any other cleanup action.
`void`	`nextLine()`	Flushes the current line of output and makes the formatter ready to start receiving new column data for a new line (or end-of-file).

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ColumnFormatter
```
public ColumnFormatter(PrintWriter out,
                       char columnSeparator)
```
    Parameters:
    
    out - The writer to which output should be sent.
    
    columnSeparator - A character that should serve as the separator token between columns of output. As only non-printable characters in the column text are ever escaped, the column separator must be a non-printable character if the output needs to be unambiguously parsed.
- Method Detail
  - addColumn
```
public void addColumn(String content)
```
    Adds a text string as a new column in the current line of output, taking care of escaping as necessary.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - the string to add.
  - finish
```
public void finish()
```
    Finishes the output by flushing the current line and takes care of any other cleanup action.
  - nextLine
```
public void nextLine()
```
    Flushes the current line of output and makes the formatter ready to start receiving new column data for a new line (or end-of-file). If the current line is empty nothing is done, i.e. consecutive calls to this method without intervening calls to addColumn(java.lang.String) will be squashed.