IIncrementalFormatter (common 8.3.1-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

IFormatter<IQuantity>
```
public interface IIncrementalFormatter
extends IFormatter<IQuantity>
```
Quantity formatter extension to reduce redundant information when presenting multiple adjacent, and growing, quantities for human consumption.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`formatAdjacent(IQuantity previous, IQuantity current)`	Return a string representation of `current` that is minimalistic, yet includes sufficient context so that a human can deduce its full value, given that a sufficient representation of `previous` is presented immediately ahead.
`String`	`formatContext(IQuantity firstPresented)`	Return a string context that can be presented ahead of presenting `firstPresented` so that the latter can be presented with a minimalistic representation using `formatChange(firstPresented, firstPresented)`.

Methods inherited from interface org.openjdk.jmc.common.unit.IFormatter
format

- Method Detail
  - formatContext
```
String formatContext(IQuantity firstPresented)
```
    Return a string context that can be presented ahead of presenting firstPresented so that the latter can be presented with a minimalistic representation using formatChange(firstPresented, firstPresented).
  - formatAdjacent
```
String formatAdjacent(IQuantity previous,
                      IQuantity current)
```
    Return a string representation of current that is minimalistic, yet includes sufficient context so that a human can deduce its full value, given that a sufficient representation of previous is presented immediately ahead.
    
    Parameters:
    
    previous - the immediately preceding presented quantity, or null to force a fully qualified representation
    
    current - the quantity to format
    
    Returns:
    
    a minimalistic context sensitive representation