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com.ibm.dse.gui
Class Formatter

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.ibm.dse.gui.Formatter
Direct Known Subclasses:
Converter

public abstract class Formatter
extends java.lang.Object

The Formatter class is an abstract class that defines default formatting behavior.


Constructor Summary
Formatter()
          This constructor creates a Formatter object.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String format(java.lang.String aString)
          Formats an unformatted (or already formatted) String into a formatted String.
abstract  java.lang.Object formatAsConversionType(java.lang.String aString)
          Converts a String into an Object.
abstract  java.lang.String formatFromConversionType(java.lang.Object anObject)
          Converts an Object into a String.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Formatter

public Formatter()
This constructor creates a Formatter object.

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String aString)
Formats an unformatted (or already formatted) String into a formatted String.

Parameters:
aString - java.lang.String, the String to be formatted
Returns:
java.lang.String - the formatted String

formatAsConversionType

public abstract java.lang.Object formatAsConversionType(java.lang.String aString)
Converts a String into an Object. This method must be implemented by the subclasses.

Parameters:
aString - java.lang.String, the String to be converted
Returns:
Object - the result of converting the aString parameter into an Object

formatFromConversionType

public abstract java.lang.String formatFromConversionType(java.lang.Object anObject)
Converts an Object into a String. This method must be implemented by the subclasses.

Parameters:
anObject - Object, the Object to be converted
Returns:
String - the result of converting the anObject parameter into a String

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