FastFormat (LibFormat 9.3.0.0-424 API)

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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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.