info.informatica.text.format
Class FloatFormat

java.lang.Object
  info.informatica.text.format.ObjectFormat
      info.informatica.text.format.NumberFormat
          info.informatica.text.format.FloatFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Alignable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExponentFormat

public class FloatFormat
extends NumberFormat

Author:

amengual at informatica dot info

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface info.informatica.doc.style.Alignable

CENTER, JUSTIFY, LEFT, RIGHT, UNDETERMINED

Constructor Summary

FloatFormat()

Method Summary

static FloatFormat	create(String format, DecimalFormatSymbols symbols) Creates the proper FloatFormat object according to format.
static FloatFormat	create(String format, Locale locale) Creates the proper FloatFormat object according to format.
String	format(Object o) Formats an object according to the format specification set by setFormat.
DecimalFormatSymbols	getDecimalFormatSymbols() Gets the decimal format symbols.
Object	sample() Produce a sample of this format.
void	setDecimalFormatSymbols(DecimalFormatSymbols symbols) Sets the decimal format symbols.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class info.informatica.text.format.ObjectFormat

align, create, create, create, getAlignment

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FloatFormat

public FloatFormat()

Method Detail

create

public static FloatFormat create(String format,
                                 Locale locale)
                          throws SpecParsingException

Creates the proper FloatFormat object according to format.

Parameters:

format - the format

locale - the locale for symbols.

Returns:

the FloatFormat object for format

Throws:

SpecParsingException

create

public static FloatFormat create(String format,
                                 DecimalFormatSymbols symbols)
                          throws SpecParsingException

Creates the proper FloatFormat object according to format.

Parameters:

format - the format

symbols - the symbols to use in decimal formatting.

Returns:

the FloatFormat object for format

Throws:

SpecParsingException

format

public String format(Object o)

Description copied from class: ObjectFormat

Formats an object according to the format specification set by setFormat.

Must be overriden by subclasses.

Specified by:

format in class ObjectFormat

setDecimalFormatSymbols

public void setDecimalFormatSymbols(DecimalFormatSymbols symbols)

Sets the decimal format symbols. The symbols are generally locale-dependent.

Parameters:

symbols - the new DecimalFormatSymbols

getDecimalFormatSymbols

public DecimalFormatSymbols getDecimalFormatSymbols()

Gets the decimal format symbols.

Returns:

the DecimalFormatSymbols

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

sample

public Object sample()

Description copied from class: ObjectFormat

Produce a sample of this format.

Specified by:

sample in class ObjectFormat

Returns:

a String with a (more or less) random object appropriate to be formatted according to current format specifications.