net.sf.japaki.text
Class ClassFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      net.sf.japaki.text.AbstractFormat
          net.sf.japaki.text.ClassFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class ClassFormat
extends AbstractFormat

A format to parse class names.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class net.sf.japaki.text.AbstractFormat

AbstractFormat.DefaultField

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

Format.Field

Method Summary

StringBuffer	format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos) Appends the the canonical name of the given class to the string buffer.
static ClassFormat	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance of this class.
Object	parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos) Parses the sourcestring to the first non-java letter and tries to find the class for the parsed name.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.japaki.text.AbstractFormat

appendAndSetIndexes, getField, setField

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ClassFormat getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance of this class.

Returns:

the singleton instance of this class

parseObject

public Object parseObject(String source,
                          ParsePosition pos)

Parses the sourcestring to the first non-java letter and tries to find the class for the parsed name.

Specified by:

parseObject in class Format

Returns:

the class that has the parsed name

Throws:

NullPointerException - if source or pos is null.

format

public StringBuffer format(Object obj,
                           StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                           FieldPosition pos)

Appends the the canonical name of the given class to the string buffer.

Overrides:

format in class AbstractFormat

Parameters:

obj - class to be formatted

toAppendTo - where the text is to be appended

pos - ignored

Returns:

the string buffer passed in as toAppendTo, with formatted text appended

Throws:

NullPointerException - if obj is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if obj ist not a class.