net.sf.basedb.util.formatter
Interface Formatter<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanFormatter, ColorFormatter, DateFormatter, ExportableFieldFormatter, ExtendedPropertyFormatter, FilePathFormatter, IdentifiableFormatter, IntegerFormatter, LookupFormatter, MultiFormatter, NameableFormatter, NumberFormatter, PrefixSuffixFormatter, SpotImageFormatter, StringFormatter, ToStringFormatter, WellCoordinateFormatter

public interface Formatter<T>

A Formatter formats an object to a string suitable for output in a client application. The formatter may optionally also do the reverse, ie. parse a string to an object.

Version:

2.0

Author:

nicklas

Last modified

$Date: 2010-09-29 11:21:45 +0200 (Wed, 29 Sep 2010) $

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

format

String format(T value)

Format a value by converting it to a string.

Parameters:

value - The value to format

Returns:

A formatted string

parseString

T parseString(String value)

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.

Parameters:

value - The string to parse

Returns:

An object

Since:

2.2