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package org.apache.gossip.examples;

public class ExampleCommon {

  private boolean clearTerminalScreen = true;

  /*
   * Look for -s in args. If there, suppress terminal-clear on write results Shift args for
   * positional args, if necessary
   */
  public String[] checkArgsForClearFlag(String[] args) {
    int pos = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
      if (args[i].equals("-s")) {
        clearTerminalScreen = false;
      } else {
        // in the case of the -s flag, shift args 
        // down by one slot; this will end up with
        // a duplicate entry in the last position of args,
        // but this is ok, because it will be ignored
        args[pos++] = args[i];
      }
    }
    return args;
  }

  public void optionallyClearTerminal() {
    if (clearTerminalScreen) {
      System.out.print("\033[H\033[2J");
      System.out.flush();
    }
  }
}