HelpCallBacks.writeChar
call back function for handling character output from a help page
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
boolean writeChar( Object data, int c ) throws MapleException
data
-
arbitrary data that was passed into the getHelp call
c
character
writeChar is a member function of the com.maplesoft.openmaple.HelpCallBacks interface. It is called when a character is output from the help page.
If writeChar returns true the rendering of the help page is terminated.
import com.maplesoft.openmaple.*;
import com.maplesoft.externalcall.MapleException;
class Example
{
static private class CallBacks implements HelpCallBacks
int currentAttrib;
StringBuffer sBuf;
int lineNum;
CallBacks()
currentAttrib = MAPLE_ATTRIB_NORMAL;
sBuf = new StringBuffer( 100 );
lineNum = 1;
}
public boolean writeChar( Object data, int c )
if ( c == 'n' )
System.out.print( lineNum + " " );
System.out.println( sBuf.toString() );
sBuf.delete( 0, sBuf.length() );
lineNum++;
else
sBuf.append( (char)c );
return false;
public boolean writeAttrib( Object data, int attrib )
if ( currentAttrib != attrib )
switch ( currentAttrib )
case MAPLE_ATTRIB_BOLD:
sBuf.append( "</B>" );
break;
case MAPLE_ATTRIB_ITAL:
sBuf.append( "</I>" );
case MAPLE_ATTRIB_UNDER:
sBuf.append( "</U>" );
currentAttrib = attrib;
sBuf.append( "<B>" );
sBuf.append( "<I>" );
sBuf.append( "<U>" );
public static void main( String notused[] ) throws MapleException
String mapleArgs[];
Engine engine;
mapleArgs = new String[1];
mapleArgs[0] = "java";
engine = new Engine( mapleArgs, new EngineCallBacksDefault(),
null, null );
engine.getHelp( "colon",
engine.MAPLE_HELP_ALL, new CallBacks(), 70, null );
Executing this code produces the following output.
1 <B>Statement Separators</B>
2
3 <B>Description</B>
4 - The statement separators in Maple are semicolon (;) and colon (:).
5
6 - The semicolon is the normal statement separator.
7
8 - In an interactive Maple session, the result of the statement will
9 not be displayed if the statement is terminated with a colon.
10
11 - The two statement separators (semicolon and colon) are equivalent in
12 the case of statements nested one or more levels (inside if
13 -statements, do-statements, or procedures).
14
15 Important: When exporting a worksheet as Maple Input, your worksheet
16 must contain explicit semicolons and not auto-inserted ones. The
17 resulting exported .mpl file will not run in Command-line Maple with
18 auto-inserted semicolons.
19
20
21 <B>Examples</B>
22 > one := 0+1:
23 > two := one+1;
24
25 <I>two</I> := 2
26
27
28 <B>See Also </B>
29 <U>worksheet,managing,exportMapleInput</U>, <U>statement</U>
30
See Also
ExternalCalling/Java/MapleException
OpenMaple
OpenMaple/Java/Engine
OpenMaple/Java/Engine/getHelp
OpenMaple/Java/HelpCallBacks
OpenMaple/Java/HelpCallBacksDefault
OpenMaple/Java/HelpCallBacksDefault/writeChar
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