Java-Cli-Table-Builder

Thank you for choosing Java-Cli-Table-Builder - an easy to use command-line interface tool.

Overview

Java-Cli-Table-Builder makes it easy to create flexible command-line tables. You haven't need to write your classes and methods to decorate console output anymore. Just use this flexible tool for positioning.

Examples

Example 1

Creating simple CLI game interface.
You haven't need make formatting output by yourself anymore. Use already created methods for creating independent blocks on screen.

Code

public void simpleOutput() throws CellContentException {
    TableBuilder tableBuilder = new TableBuilder();
    tableBuilder.setDefaultCellBorderStyle(CellBorderTemplate.SOLID.getBorderStyle());

    tableBuilder.addCell(HEADER, new CellPosition(0, 0, 100, 12));
    tableBuilder.addCell("1 - Start", new CellPosition(0, 12, 25, 15));
    tableBuilder.addCell("2 - Load", new CellPosition(25, 12, 50, 15));
    tableBuilder.addCell("5 - Settings", new CellPosition(50, 12, 75, 15));
    tableBuilder.addCell("6 - Exit", new CellPosition(75, 12, 100, 15));

    tableBuilder.print();
}

Output

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│                             █▀▀ █░░ ░▀░         █▀▀▀ █▀▀█ █▀▄▀█ █▀▀                              │
│                             █░░ █░░ ▀█▀         █░▀█ █▄▄█ █░▀░█ █▀▀                              │
│                             ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀         ▀▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ▀░░░▀ ▀▀▀                              │
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌───────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────┐
│       1 - Start       ││       2 - Load        ││     5 - Settings      ││       6 - Exit        │
└───────────────────────┘└───────────────────────┘└───────────────────────┘└───────────────────────┘

Example 2

Easy and fast changes in any completed output.
You can add a block of content in any place on screen. You shouldn't care about previously created content anymore.

Code

public void simpleOutputWithNote() throws CellContentException {
    TableBuilder tableBuilder = new TableBuilder();
    tableBuilder.setDefaultCellBorderStyle(CellBorderTemplate.SOLID.getBorderStyle());

    tableBuilder.addCell(HEADER, new CellPosition(0, 0, 100, 12));
    tableBuilder.addCell("1 - Start", new CellPosition(0, 12, 25, 15));
    tableBuilder.addCell("2 - Load", new CellPosition(25, 12, 50, 15));
    tableBuilder.addCell("5 - Settings", new CellPosition(50, 12, 75, 15));
    tableBuilder.addCell("6 - Exit", new CellPosition(75, 12, 100, 15));

    Cell note = new Cell(new CellPosition(1, 8, 90, 11), NOTE);
    note.setCellBorderStyle(CellBorderTemplate.NO_BORDERS.getBorderStyle());
    note.setHorizontalAlignment(CellHorizontalAlignment.LEFT);
    tableBuilder.addCell(note);

    tableBuilder.print();
}

Output

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│                             █▀▀ █░░ ░▀░         █▀▀▀ █▀▀█ █▀▄▀█ █▀▀                              │
│                             █░░ █░░ ▀█▀         █░▀█ █▄▄█ █░▀░█ █▀▀                              │
│                             ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀         ▀▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ▀░░░▀ ▀▀▀                              │
│                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│ Note: Pres number key to choose.                                                                 │
│                                                                                                  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌───────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────┐
│       1 - Start       ││       2 - Load        ││     5 - Settings      ││       6 - Exit        │
└───────────────────────┘└───────────────────────┘└───────────────────────┘└───────────────────────┘

Requirements

• Java 8 JDK or later.

How to start?

You can use the library as .jar file. Or run it using the CLI as executable .jar file.
Copy the project. Then go to a folder with project and run gradle gradle clean build command. Ready to use .jar file located in target folder.

Or include it using maven or gradle:

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.dmkyr20.Java-Cli-Table-Builder</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-cli-table-builder</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency> 

Gradle

implement 'org.dmkyr20.Java-Cli-Table-Builder.java-cli-table-builder:1.0.2'

See Package.

Documentation

You could find all documentation for project in JavaDoc.
Or in Documentation. (Not Allowed yet)

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.