info.informatica.text.format
Class TextFormat

java.lang.Object
  info.informatica.text.format.ObjectFormat
      info.informatica.text.format.TextFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Alignable

public final class TextFormat
extends ObjectFormat

Formats text.

Version:

1.00

Author:

amengual at informatica dot info

Field Summary

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

CENTER, JUSTIFY, LEFT, RIGHT, UNDETERMINED

Constructor Summary

TextFormat()

Method Summary

String	format(Object o) Formats an object according to the format specification set by setFormat.
Object	sample() Produce a sample of this format.

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, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextFormat

public TextFormat()

Method Detail

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

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.