writer.writeln(s + "\\");
                    } else {
                        writer.writeln(s);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                writer.writeProperty(key, storage.get(key));
            }
        }
        if (footer != null) {
            for (String s : footer) {
                writer.writeln(s);
            }
        }

  /**
   * Returns the number of bytes that will be written to sink in a call to [writeTo],
   * or -1 if that count is unknown.
   */
  @Throws(IOException::class)
  open fun contentLength(): Long = -1L

  /** Writes the content of this request to [sink]. */
  @Throws(IOException::class)
  abstract fun writeTo(sink: BufferedSink)

  /**

   * writer will close the target if it is {@link Closeable}, and flushing the writer will flush the
   * target if it is {@link java.io.Flushable}.
   *
   * @param target the object to which output will be sent
   * @return a new Writer object, unless target is a Writer, in which case the target is returned
   */
  public static Writer asWriter(Appendable target) {
    if (target instanceof Writer) {
      return (Writer) target;
    }

            }
        }

        /**
         * Writes a raw line of text to the temporary file.
         *
         * @param line the line of text to write
         */
        public void write(final String line) {
            try {
                writer.write(line);
                writer.write(Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR);

            if (item != null && item.isUpdated()) {
                try {
                    writer.write(item.toLineString());
                    writer.write(Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR);
                    return item;
                } catch (final IOException e) {
                    throw new DictionaryException("Failed to write: " + item, e);
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

            if (item != null && item.isUpdated()) {
                try {
                    writer.write(item.toLineString());
                    writer.write(Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR);
                    return item;
                } catch (final IOException e) {
                    throw new DictionaryException("Failed to write: " + item, e);
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

            if (item != null && item.isUpdated()) {
                try {
                    writer.write(item.toLineString());
                    writer.write(Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR);
                    return item;
                } catch (final IOException e) {
                    throw new DictionaryException("Failed to write: " + item, e);
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

                throw new DictionaryException("Failed to write: " + oldItem + " -> " + item, e);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Writes a string line to the temporary file.
         * @param line the line to write
         */
        public void write(final String line) {
            try {
                writer.write(line);
                writer.write(Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR);

  }

  public void testNullWriter() throws Exception {
    // create a null writer
    Writer nullWriter = CharStreams.nullWriter();
    // write to the writer
    nullWriter.write('n');
    String test = "Test string for NullWriter";
    nullWriter.write(test);
    nullWriter.write(test, 2, 10);
    nullWriter.append(null);
    nullWriter.append(null, 0, 4);

  }

  public void testNullWriter() throws Exception {
    // create a null writer
    Writer nullWriter = CharStreams.nullWriter();
    // write to the writer
    nullWriter.write('n');
    String test = "Test string for NullWriter";
    nullWriter.write(test);
    nullWriter.write(test, 2, 10);
    nullWriter.append(null);
    nullWriter.append(null, 0, 4);