public abstract class Formatter
extends java.text.Format
Formatter interface defines functions for formatting support
Constructor and Description |
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Formatter() |
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abstract java.lang.String |
format(java.lang.String formatString,
java.lang.Object rawData)
format raw data according to the format specified.
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java.lang.String |
getDefaultFormatString() |
abstract LocaleContext |
getLocale() |
abstract java.lang.Object |
parse(java.lang.String formatString,
java.lang.String parseThisString)
parse this string according to the format specified and return an object
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abstract void |
setLocale(LocaleContext thisLocale)
define locale to be used.
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public abstract java.lang.String format(java.lang.String formatString, java.lang.Object rawData) throws FormatErrorException
Data is formatted per the 'format string' passed as an argument to this function.
formatString
- code to define how the raw data should be formatted.rawData
- data which needs to be formatted.FormatErrorException
- if unable to format the data according to
the format specified.public abstract java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String formatString, java.lang.String parseThisString) throws java.text.ParseException
formatString
- code to define how the raw data should be parsed.parseThisString
- data which needs to be parsed.java.text.ParseException
- when unable to parse data according to
the format specified.public abstract void setLocale(LocaleContext thisLocale) throws UnknownLocaleException
thisLocale
- locale to be usedUnknownLocaleException
- if the formatter does'nt support the
specified Locale.public abstract LocaleContext getLocale()
public java.lang.String getDefaultFormatString()