net.sf.japaki.text
Class AbstractFormat

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassFormat, RegexFormat

public abstract class AbstractFormat
extends Format

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the Format class, to minimize the effort required to implement a format.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

protected static class

AbstractFormat.DefaultField Miminal implementation of the Field class.

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

Format.Field

Constructor Summary

AbstractFormat()

Method Summary

static void	appendAndSetIndexes(StringBuffer toAppendTo, String text, Format.Field field, FieldPosition pos) Appends the given text to the buffer.
StringBuffer	format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos) Appends the Object.toString() representation of the object to the buffer.
Format.Field	getField() Returns the field used by this format.
void	setField(Format.Field field) Sets the field used by this format.

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractFormat

public AbstractFormat()

Method Detail

getField

public Format.Field getField()

Returns the field used by this format.

Returns:

the field used by this format.

setField

public void setField(Format.Field field)

Sets the field used by this format.

Parameters:

field - the field to be compared in format(java.lang.Object, java.lang.StringBuffer, java.text.FieldPosition) used by this format.

appendAndSetIndexes

public static void appendAndSetIndexes(StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                       String text,
                                       Format.Field field,
                                       FieldPosition pos)

Appends the given text to the buffer. Then it checks if a valid field position is defined and if so sets the given indexes.

Parameters:

toAppendTo - where the text is to be appended

text - newly formatted text for this field

field - field to check aganinst the field in pos

pos - field position to be updated

Throws:

NullPointerException - if toAppendTo or pos or field is null

format

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

Appends the Object.toString() representation of the object to the buffer.

Specified by:

format in class Format

Parameters:

obj - the object to format

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.