net.sf.basedb.util.export.spotdata
Class ExportableFieldFormatter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.basedb.util.export.spotdata.ExportableFieldFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<ExportableField>

public class ExportableFieldFormatter
extends Object
implements Formatter<ExportableField>

Formatter implementation that formats an exportable field by returning the column title. See ExportableField.getTitle().

Note! Do not confuse this formatter with the formatter returned from ExportableField.getFormatter(). That formatter is about formatting the exported values, while this formatter is about formatting the column header.

Version:

2.12

Author:

Nicklas

Last modified

$Date: 2009-05-08 13:30:36 +0200 (Fri, 08 May 2009) $

Field Summary

private String

nullValue

Constructor Summary

ExportableFieldFormatter()
Create a new formatter.

ExportableFieldFormatter(String nullValue)
Create a new formatter.

Method Summary

String	format(ExportableField value) Format a value by converting it to a string.
ExportableField	parseString(String value) Parse a string and return a value of the correct type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

nullValue

private String nullValue

Constructor Detail

ExportableFieldFormatter

public ExportableFieldFormatter()

Create a new formatter. Null values are formatted as an empty string.

ExportableFieldFormatter

public ExportableFieldFormatter(String nullValue)

Create a new formatter.

Parameters:

nullValue - The string to return if a null item is passed to format(ExportableField)

Method Detail

format

public String format(ExportableField value)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Format a value by converting it to a string.

Specified by:

format in interface Formatter<ExportableField>

Parameters:

value - The value to format

Returns:

A formatted string

parseString

public ExportableField parseString(String value)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Parse a string and return a value of the correct type. A null input string should (unless otherwise documented by a specific formatter implementation) be allowed and may return null or any other "default" value.

Specified by:

parseString in interface Formatter<ExportableField>

Parameters:

value - The string to parse

Returns:

An object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Always