// "Java Tech"
//  Code provided with book for educational purposes only.
//  No warranty or guarantee implied.
//  This code freely available. No copyright claimed.
//  2003
//

// Begun with StartApp1

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
  * Demonstrate the java.util.Formatter capabilities for
  * formatting primitive types.
 **/
public class FormatWriteApp
{
  public static void main (String arg[]) {

    // Send formatted output to the System.out stream.
    Formatter formatter  =
      new Formatter ((OutputStream)System.out);

    formatter.format ("Text output with Formatter. %n");
    formatter.format ("Primitives converted to strings: %n");

    boolean a_boolean =  false;
    byte    a_byte    =  114;
    short   a_short   =  1211;
    int     an_int    =  1234567;
    long    a_long    =  987654321;
    float   a_float   =  983.6f;
    double  a_double  = -4.297e-15;

    formatter.format ("boolean = %9b %n",   a_boolean);
    formatter.format ("byte    = %9d %n",   a_byte);
    formatter.format ("short   = %9d %n",   a_short);
    formatter.format ("int     = %9d %n",   an_int);
    formatter.format ("long    = %9d %n",   a_long);
    formatter.format ("float   = %9.3f %n", a_float);
    formatter.format ("double  = %9.2e %n", a_double);

    // Need to flush the data out of the buffer.
    formatter.flush ();
    formatter.close ();

  } // main

} // class FormatWriteApp