net.sf.basedb.util.formatter
Class IdentifiableFormatter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<Identifiable>

public class IdentifiableFormatter
extends Object
implements Formatter<Identifiable>

Formatter to handle Identifiable items. The formatter returns the ID of the item. This formatter can not parse strings.

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

IdentifiableFormatter()
Create a new formatter.

IdentifiableFormatter(String nullValue)
Create a new formatter.

Method Summary

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

IdentifiableFormatter

public IdentifiableFormatter()

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

IdentifiableFormatter

public IdentifiableFormatter(String nullValue)

Create a new formatter.

Parameters:

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

Method Detail

format

public String format(Identifiable value)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Format a value by converting it to a string.

Specified by:

format in interface Formatter<Identifiable>

Parameters:

value - The value to format

Returns:

A formatted string

parseString

public Identifiable 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<Identifiable>

Parameters:

value - The string to parse

Returns:

An object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Always