org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.formatting

Interface FastFormat

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

FastChoiceFormat, FastDateFormat, FastDecimalFormat, FastMessageFormat

public interface FastFormat
extends Serializable, Cloneable

A fast-format is a wrapper around the existing java.text.Formatter objects. The fast-format reduces the possible interactions with the wrapped formatter and therefore allows to treat the formatter as some sort of immutable object. This later simplifies cloning, as now the formatter and all of its internal objects no longer need to be cloned.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	clone() Clones the formatter.
String	format(Object parameters) Formats the given object in a formatter-specific way.
Locale	getLocale() Returns the current locale of the formatter.

Method Detail

getLocale

Locale getLocale()

Returns the current locale of the formatter.

Returns:

the current locale, never null.

format

String format(Object parameters)

Formats the given object in a formatter-specific way.

Parameters:

parameters - the parameters for the formatting.

Returns:

the formatted string.

clone

Object clone()
      throws CloneNotSupportedException

Clones the formatter.

Returns:

the clone.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException - if cloning failed.