// APrintStream - more efficient PrintStream
//
// Copyright (C)1996,1998 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@acme.com>.  All rights reserved.
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package Acme;

import java.io.*;

/// More efficient PrintStream.
// <P>
// This class reimplements two methods from PrintStream, resulting in
// vastly improved performance.
// <P>
// The two reimplemented methods are:
// <UL>
// <LI> public void print( String s )
// <LI> public void print( char[] c )
// </UL>
// In the standard PrintStream, these are implemented by writing each
// character with a separate call to <CODE>write(int b)</CODE>.  All we do
// here is make a single <CODE>write(byte[] b, int off, int len)</CODE>
// call instead, avoiding all that routine-call overhead for each character.
// <P>
// The API is identical to java.io.PrintStream.
// <P>
// <A HREF="/resources/classes/Acme/APrintStream.java">Fetch the software.</A><BR>
// <A HREF="/resources/classes/Acme.tar.gz">Fetch the entire Acme package.</A>

public class APrintStream extends PrintStream
    {

    public APrintStream( OutputStream out )
	{
	super( out );
	}

    public APrintStream( OutputStream out, boolean autoflush )
	{
	super( out, autoflush );
	}

    public void print( String s )
	{
	if ( s == null )
	    s = "null";

	byte[] b = s.getBytes();
	write( b, 0, b.length );
	}

    public void print( char[] c )
	{
	print( new String( c ) );
	}

    }
