flush method
An abstract interface representing a stream for formatted text output.
This is analogous to Java’s PrintStream, and provides utility methods
for printing values with or without newlines, flushing buffered content,
and closing the stream.
Implementations of this interface can print to stdout, files, memory,
or any other sink that supports basic text streaming.
📦 Example Usage:
class ConsolePrintStream implements PrintStream {
@override
void print(Object? obj) => stdout.print(obj ?? 'null');
@override
void println(Object? obj) => stdout.println(obj ?? 'null');
@override
void newline() => stdout.println();
@override
void flush() {} // No-op for stdout
@override
Future<void> close() async {} // Nothing to close
}
final stream = ConsolePrintStream();
stream.print('Hello');
stream.println(' World');
stream.newline();
await stream.close();
Flushes any buffered output to the stream.
Implementation
@override
void flush() {
_sink.flush();
}