this.target = checkNotNull(target);
  }

  /*
   * Abstract methods from Writer
   */

  @Override
  public void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
    checkNotClosed();
    // It turns out that creating a new String is usually as fast, or faster
    // than wrapping cbuf in a light-weight CharSequence.
    target.append(new String(cbuf, off, len));
  }

  /*