com.phloc.commons.format

Interface IFormatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractStringFormatter, BracketFormatter, MinLengthAddLeadingFormatter, MinLengthAddTrailingFormatter, StringPrefixAndSuffixFormatter, StringPrefixFormatter, StringSkipPrefixAndSuffixFormatter, StringSkipPrefixFormatter, StringSkipSuffixFormatter, StringSuffixFormatter

public interface IFormatter

A simple formatter interface that may be used to format arbitrary objects to a string.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getFormattedValue(Object aValue) Convert the passed value to a formatted string according to the pattern.

Method Detail

getFormattedValue

@Nonnull
String getFormattedValue(@Nullable
                               Object aValue)

Convert the passed value to a formatted string according to the pattern.

Parameters:

aValue - The source value to be formatted. May be null.

Returns:

The formatted string. Never null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the formatter does not understand the object