File: PadMessage.java

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/*
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
 * program; if not, you can obtain a copy at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
 * or from the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 Pentaho Corporation and Contributors.  All rights reserved.
 */

package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.util;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * A message object that pads the output if the text is shorter than
 * the given length. This is usefull when concating multiple messages,
 * which should appear in a table like style.
 *
 * @author Thomas Morgner
 */
public class PadMessage
{

  /**
   * The message.
   */
  private final Object text;

  /**
   * The padding size.
   */
  private final int length;

  /**
   * Creates a new message.
   *
   * @param message the message.
   * @param length  the padding size.
   */
  public PadMessage(final Object message, final int length)
  {
    this.text = message;
    this.length = length;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string representation of the message.
   *
   * @return the string.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    final StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(length);
    b.append(this.text);
    if (b.length() < this.length)
    {
      final char[] pad = new char[this.length - b.length()];
      Arrays.fill(pad, ' ');
      b.append(pad);
    }
    return b.toString();
  }

}