I have the code to this open source Message Console in java, but it simply won't compile. Can anyone see if it is operational using their IDE?
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
/*
* Create a simple console to display text messages.
*
* Messages can be directed here from different sources. Each source can
* have its messages displayed in a different color.
*
* Messages can either be appended to the console or inserted as the first
* line of the console
*
* You can limit the number of lines to hold in the Document.
*/
public class MessageConsole
{
private JTextComponent textComponent;
private Document document;
private boolean isAppend;
private DocumentListener limitLinesListener;
public MessageConsole(JTextComponent textComponent)
{
this(textComponent, true);
}
/*
* Use the text component specified as a simply console to display
* text messages.
*
* The messages can either be appended to the end of the console or
* inserted as the first line of the console.
*/
public MessageConsole(JTextComponent textComponent, boolean isAppend)
{
this.textComponent = textComponent;
this.document = textComponent.getDocument();
this.isAppend = isAppend;
textComponent.setEditable( false );
}
/*
* Redirect the output from the standard output to the console
* using the default text color and null PrintStream
*/
public void redirectOut()
{
redirectOut(null, null);
}
/*
* Redirect the output from the standard output to the console
* using the specified color and PrintStream. When a PrintStream
* is specified the message will be added to the Document before
* it is also written to the PrintStream.
*/
public void redirectOut(Color textColor, PrintStream printStream)
{
ConsoleOutputStream cos = new ConsoleOutputStream(textColor, printStream);
System.setOut( new PrintStream(cos, true) );
}
/*
* Redirect the output from the standard error to the console
* using the default text color and null PrintStream
*/
public void redirectErr()
{
redirectErr(null, null);
}
/*
* Redirect the output from the standard error to the console
* using the specified color and PrintStream. When a PrintStream
* is specified the message will be added to the Document before
* it is also written to the PrintStream.
*/
public void redirectErr(Color textColor, PrintStream printStream)
{
ConsoleOutputStream cos = new ConsoleOutputStream(textColor, printStream);
System.setErr( new PrintStream(cos, true) );
}
/*
* To prevent memory from being used up you can control the number of
* lines to display in the console
*
* This number can be dynamically changed, but the console will only
* be updated the next time the Document is updated.
*/
public void setMessageLines(int lines)
{
if (limitLinesListener != null)
document.removeDocumentListener( limitLinesListener );
limitLinesListener = new LimitLinesDocumentListener(lines, isAppend);
document.addDocumentListener( limitLinesListener );
}
/*
* Class to intercept output from a PrintStream and add it to a Document.
* The output can optionally be redirected to a different PrintStream.
* The text displayed in the Document can be color coded to indicate
* the output source.
*/
class ConsoleOutputStream extends ByteArrayOutputStream
{
private SimpleAttributeSet attributes;
private PrintStream printStream;
private StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(80);
private boolean isFirstLine;
/*
* Specify the option text color and PrintStream
*/
public ConsoleOutputStream(Color textColor, PrintStream printStream)
{
if (textColor != null)
{
attributes = new SimpleAttributeSet();
StyleConstants.setForeground(attributes, textColor);
}
this.printStream = printStream;
if (isAppend)
isFirstLine = true;
}
/*
* Override this method to intercept the output text. Each line of text
* output will actually involve invoking this method twice:
*
* a) for the actual text message
* b) for the newLine string
*
* The message will be treated differently depending on whether the line
* will be appended or inserted into the Document
*/
public void flush()
{
String message = toString();
if (message.length() == 0) return;
if (isAppend)
handleAppend(message);
else
handleInsert(message);
reset();
}
/*
* We don't want to have blank lines in the Document. The first line
* added will simply be the message. For additional lines it will be:
*
* newLine + message
*/
private void handleAppend(String message)
{
if (message.endsWith("\r")
|| message.endsWith("\n"))
{
buffer.append(message);
}
else
{
buffer.append(message);
clearBuffer();
}
}
/*
* We don't want to merge the new message with the existing message
* so the line will be inserted as:
*
* message + newLine
*/
private void handleInsert(String message)
{
buffer.append(message);
if (message.endsWith("\r")
|| message.endsWith("\n"))
{
clearBuffer();
}
}
/*
* The message and the newLine have been added to the buffer in the
* appropriate order so we can now update the Document and send the
* text to the optional PrintStream.
*/
private void clearBuffer()
{
// In case both the standard out and standard err are being redirected
// we need to insert a newline character for the first line only
if (isFirstLine && document.getLength() != 0)
{
buffer.insert(0, "\n");
}
isFirstLine = false;
String line = buffer.toString();
try
{
if (isAppend)
{
int offset = document.getLength();
document.insertString(offset, line, attributes);
textComponent.setCaretPosition( document.getLength() );
}
else
{
document.insertString(0, line, attributes);
textComponent.setCaretPosition( 0 );
}
}
catch (BadLocationException ble) {}
if (printStream != null)
{
printStream.print(line);
}
buffer.setLength(0);
}
}
}
Upon compiling, I received this error:
Error: limitLinesDocumentListener cannot be resolved to a type