Package com.esturafd.jtoolkit.console.ansi

Class Cursor

java.lang.Object

com.esturafd.jtoolkit.console.ansi.Cursor

public class Cursor
extends java.lang.Object

Help class in handling the cursor in an ANSI console, if the output corresponds to an ANSI compatible console (Linux), to move the course it can be done in this way:

System.out.prinln(Cursor.up(2));

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Sequence	backward(int count)	Move the cursor {count} lines to left
static Sequence	down(int count)	Move cursor down {count} lines
static Sequence	forward(int count)	Move the cursor {count} lines to right
static Sequence	home(int row, int column)	Move the cursor home to the coordinates {row}, {column}
static Sequence	up(int count)	Move cursor up {count} lines

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

home

public static Sequence home(int row,
                            int column)

Move the cursor home to the coordinates {row}, {column}

Parameters:

row -

column -

Returns:

Action sequence to be interpreted by the console

up

public static Sequence up(int count)

Move cursor up {count} lines

Parameters:

count - Number of lines to move up

Returns:

Action sequence to be interpreted by the console

down

public static Sequence down(int count)

Move cursor down {count} lines

Parameters:

count - Number of lines to move down

Returns:

Action sequence to be interpreted by the console

forward

public static Sequence forward(int count)

Move the cursor {count} lines to right

Parameters:

count - Number of spaces to move to right

Returns:

Action sequence to be interpreted by the console

backward

public static Sequence backward(int count)

Move the cursor {count} lines to left

Parameters:

count - Number of spaces to move to left

Returns:

Action sequence to be interpreted by the console