AsciiWriter (htsjdk 2.18.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.io.Writer
- - htsjdk.samtools.util.AsciiWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable, Appendable, AutoCloseable
```
public class AsciiWriter
extends Writer
```
Fast (I hope) buffered Writer that converts char to byte merely by casting, rather than charset conversion.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer
  lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AsciiWriter(OutputStream os)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	flushes and closes underlying OutputStream.
`void`	`flush()`	flushes underlying OutputStream
`void`	`write(char[] chars, int offset, int length)`	All other Writer methods vector through this, so this is the only one that must be overridden.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer
append, append, append, nullWriter, write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AsciiWriter
```
public AsciiWriter(OutputStream os)
```
    Parameters:
    
    os - need not be buffered as this class buffers
- Method Detail
  - close
```
public void close()
           throws IOException
```
    flushes and closes underlying OutputStream.
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface AutoCloseable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface Closeable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in class Writer
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - flush
```
public void flush()
           throws IOException
```
    flushes underlying OutputStream
    
    Specified by:
    
    flush in interface Flushable
    
    Specified by:
    
    flush in class Writer
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - write
```
public void write(char[] chars,
                  int offset,
                  int length)
           throws IOException
```
    All other Writer methods vector through this, so this is the only one that must be overridden.
    
    Specified by:
    
    write in class Writer
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException