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+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) INRIA, 2010
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+package fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.renderer;
+
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * Structure for indented rendering
+ *
+ * @author Jérôme Euzenat
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+
+public class IndentedRendererVisitor {
+
+    PrintWriter writer = null;
+
+    protected String INDENT = "  ";
+
+    protected String NL = "";
+
+    /** String for the pretty linebreak. **/
+    protected String linePrefix = "";
+
+    private int prefixCount = 0;
+
+    public IndentedRendererVisitor( PrintWriter writer ){
+	NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+	this.writer = writer;
+    }
+
+    public void setIndentString( String ind ) {
+	INDENT = ind;
+    }
+
+    public void setNewLineString( String nl) { 
+	NL = nl;
+    }
+
+    // ===================================================================
+    // pretty printing management
+    // JE: I THINK THAT THIS IS CONVENIENT BUT INDUCES A SERIOUS LAG IN
+    // PERFORMANCES (BOTH VERSIONS v1 and v2)
+    // LET SEE IF THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS DIRECTLY IN THE WRITER  !!!
+
+    /**
+     * Increases the lineprefix by one INDENT
+     */
+    protected void increaseIndent() {
+	prefixCount++;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Decreases the lineprefix by one INDENT
+     */
+    protected void decreaseIndent() {
+	if (prefixCount > 0) {
+	    prefixCount--;
+	}
+    }
+    
+    // JE: I would like to see benchmarks showing that this is more efficient
+    // than adding them to buffer directly each time
+    private void calcPrefix() {
+	StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
+	buffer.append(NL);
+	for (int i = 0; i < prefixCount; i++) {
+	    buffer.append(INDENT);
+	}
+	linePrefix = buffer.toString();
+    }
+
+    protected void indentedOutputln( String s ){
+	for (int i = 0; i < prefixCount; i++) writer.print(INDENT);
+	writer.print(s+NL);
+    }
+    protected void indentedOutput( String s ){
+	for (int i = 0; i < prefixCount; i++) writer.print(INDENT);
+	writer.print(s);
+    }
+    protected void indentedOutputln(){
+	for (int i = 0; i < prefixCount; i++) writer.print(INDENT);
+    }
+    protected void indentedOutput(){
+	for (int i = 0; i < prefixCount; i++) writer.print(INDENT);
+    }
+}