net.sf.basedb.util.formatter
Class NameableFormatter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<Nameable>

public class NameableFormatter
extends Object
implements Formatter<Nameable>

Formatter to handle Nameable items.

Version:

2.12

Author:

martin

Last modified

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

Field Summary

private String

nullValue

Constructor Summary

NameableFormatter()
Create a new formatter.

NameableFormatter(String nullValue)
Create a new formatter.

Method Summary

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

NameableFormatter

public NameableFormatter()

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

NameableFormatter

public NameableFormatter(String nullValue)

Create a new formatter.

Parameters:

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

Method Detail

format

public String format(Nameable nameableItem)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Format a value by converting it to a string.

Specified by:

format in interface Formatter<Nameable>

Parameters:

nameableItem - The value to format

Returns:

A formatted string

parseString

public Nameable 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<Nameable>

Parameters:

value - The string to parse

Returns:

An object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Always