com.opengamma.strata.collect.io

Class AsciiTable

java.lang.Object

com.opengamma.strata.collect.io.AsciiTable

public final class AsciiTable
extends Object

An ASCII table generator.

Provides the ability to generate a simple ASCII table, typically used on the command line. All data is provided as strings, with formatting the responsibility of the caller.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	generate(List<String> headers, List<AsciiTableAlignment> alignments, List<? extends List<String>> cells) Generates the ASCII table.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

generate

public static String generate(List<String> headers,
                              List<AsciiTableAlignment> alignments,
                              List<? extends List<String>> cells)

Generates the ASCII table.

The caller specifies the headers for each column and the alignment to use, plus the list of lists representing the data. All data is provided as strings, with formatting the responsibility of the caller.

Parameters:

headers - the table headers

alignments - the table alignments, must match the size of the headers

cells - the table cells, outer list of rows, inner list of columns

Returns:

the table

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the number of columns specified is inconsistent