package ac.essex.gp.problems.picking;

/**
 * <p/>
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version,
 * provided that any use properly credits the author.
 * 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 General Public License for more details at http://www.gnu.org
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Olly Oechsle, University of Essex, Date: 24-Apr-2007
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class PrintingBuffer {

    StringBuffer buffer;

    boolean displayInStdOut;

    public PrintingBuffer(boolean displayInStdOut) {

        buffer = new StringBuffer(4096);

        this.displayInStdOut = displayInStdOut;

    }

    public void append(String s) {
        buffer.append(s);
        buffer.append('\n');
        if (displayInStdOut) System.out.println(s);
    }

    public String toString() {
        return buffer.toString();
    }

}