Capture System.out into a JFrame : FilterOutputStream « File Input Output « Java

1. Java
2. File Input Output
3. FilterOutputStream

Capture System.out into a JFrame

  

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class Main extends JFrame {
  JTextArea aTextArea = new JTextArea();
  PrintStream aPrintStream = new PrintStream(new FilteredStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream()));

  public Main() {
    setSize(300, 300);
    add("Center", new JScrollPane(aTextArea));
    setVisible(true);

    System.setOut(aPrintStream); // catches System.out messages
    System.setErr(aPrintStream); // catches error messages
  }

  class FilteredStream extends FilterOutputStream {
    public FilteredStream(OutputStream aStream) {
      super(aStream);
    }

    public void write(byte b[]) throws IOException {
      String aString = new String(b);
      aTextArea.append(aString);
    }

    public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
      String aString = new String(b, off, len);
      aTextArea.append(aString);
      FileWriter aWriter = new FileWriter("a.log", true);
      aWriter.write(aString);
      aWriter.close();
    }
  }
}

   
    
  

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