quadbase.util
Interface IFormat

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocaleDateTimeFormat, LocaleNumericFormat, DateTimeFormat, NumericFormat, LogicalFormat

public interface IFormat

Tagging interface for data formats.

See Also:

java.util.LogicalFormat, java.util.NumericFormat, java.util.LocaleNumericFormat, java.util.DateTimeFormat, java.util.LocaleDateTimeFormat

Field Summary

static int	DATETIME
static int	LOCALEDATETIME
static int	LOCALENUMERIC
static int	LOGICAL
static int	NUMERIC

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object target) Convert the object to a string using the formatting rules encapsulated by the IFormat subclass
int	getFormatType() Returns the type of format

Field Detail

LOGICAL

public static final int LOGICAL

NUMERIC

public static final int NUMERIC

LOCALENUMERIC

public static final int LOCALENUMERIC

DATETIME

public static final int DATETIME

LOCALEDATETIME

public static final int LOCALEDATETIME

Method Detail

getFormatType

public int getFormatType()

Returns the type of format

Returns:

LOGICAL, NUMERIC, LOCALENUMERIC, DATETIME or LOCALEDATETIME

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object target)

Convert the object to a string using the formatting rules encapsulated by the IFormat subclass

Returns:

Formatted string