com.ibm.as400.ui.framework.java
Class DataFormatter

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.as400.ui.framework.java.DataFormatter

Direct Known Subclasses:

AS400Formatter, DateFormatter, FloatFormatter, InternetAddressFormatter, IntFormatter, LongFormatter, PercentFormatter, ShortFormatter, StringFormatter, TimeFormatter

public class DataFormatter
extends Object

The base class for objects which format data that is exchanged between DataBeans and user interface components. DataFormatter defines the programming interface for formatting data for presentation (the format method) and for parsing user data into a form suitable for use by DataBeans (the parse method). If parsing is unsuccessful, an IllegalUserDataException is thrown.

The base class implementations of format and parse merely return their arguments with leading and trailing blanks removed.

Since:

v4r2m0

Version:

1.0, 04/15/98

Author:

D. Petty

See Also:

DataBean, IllegalUserDataException

Constructor and Description

DataFormatter()
Constructs a DataFormatter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(Object obj) Formats an object to produce a string.
Object	parse(String source) Parses a string to produce an object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DataFormatter

public DataFormatter()

Constructs a DataFormatter.

Since:

v4r2m0

Method Detail

format

public String format(Object obj)

Formats an object to produce a string.

Parameters:

obj - the object to format

Returns:

formatted string

Since:

v4r2m0

parse

public Object parse(String source)
             throws IllegalArgumentException

Parses a string to produce an object.

Parameters:

source - the string to be parsed

Returns:

the object obtained by parsing the string

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

Since:

v4r2m0