oracle.dss.dataView
Interface AttributeFormatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommonDataview.DefaultAttributeFormatter

public interface AttributeFormatter

For internal use only. Application developers should not use this

Interface for perfroming conversion of a value. The converter is chosen based on the attribute name passed in.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	formatAsString(java.lang.Object attributeName, java.lang.Object toFormat)
boolean	hasAttributeFormatter(java.lang.Object attributeName)

Method Detail

hasAttributeFormatter

boolean hasAttributeFormatter(java.lang.Object attributeName)

Returns:

true if a converter is available for this attribute name

For internal use only. Application developers should not use this

Checks if a formatter is present for the passed in attribute name

formatAsString

java.lang.String formatAsString(java.lang.Object attributeName,
                                java.lang.Object toFormat)

Returns:

the formatted String. null if the converter was not applied.

For internal use only. Application developers should not use this

Formats a value using a formatter chosen by the attribute name.