net.sf.basedb.util.formatter
Class FilePathFormatter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.basedb.util.formatter.FilePathFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<File>

public class FilePathFormatter
extends Object
implements Formatter<File>

Formatter implementation that format File items to their complete paths.

Version:

2.16

Author:

Nicklas

Last modified

$Date $

Field Summary

private String

nullValue

Constructor Summary

FilePathFormatter()
Create a new formatter.

FilePathFormatter(String nullValue)
Create a new formatter.

Method Summary

String	format(File file) Format a value by converting it to a string.
File	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

FilePathFormatter

public FilePathFormatter()

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

FilePathFormatter

public FilePathFormatter(String nullValue)

Create a new formatter.

Parameters:

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

Method Detail

format

public String format(File file)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Format a value by converting it to a string.

Specified by:

format in interface Formatter<File>

Parameters:

file - The value to format

Returns:

A formatted string

parseString

public File 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<File>

Parameters:

value - The string to parse

Returns:

An object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Always