com.google.visualization.datasource.base
Class TextFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat
          com.google.visualization.datasource.base.TextFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class TextFormat
extends com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

A UFormat that performs (dummy) formatting and parsing of text (string) values. This class is required only to be consistent with the UFormat API, its methods do nothing.

Author:

Hillel M.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

java.text.Format.Field

Constructor Summary

TextFormat()

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	format(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.StringBuffer appendTo, java.text.FieldPosition pos) Formats a TextValue and appends the result to a StringBuffer.
java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.String source, java.text.ParsePosition pos) Parse a string into a TextValue.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

getLocale

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextFormat

public TextFormat()

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.lang.Object obj,
                                     java.lang.StringBuffer appendTo,
                                     java.text.FieldPosition pos)

Formats a TextValue and appends the result to a StringBuffer.

Specified by:

format in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

obj - The object to format.

appendTo - The StringBuffer to which the formatted string is appended.

pos - A FieldPosition parameter not used in this case.

Returns:

A StringBuffer with the formatted string for this object.

parseObject

public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.String source,
                                    java.text.ParsePosition pos)

Parse a string into a TextValue. If this method is used to parse an empty string and it is called via Format.parseObject(Object) a ParseException is thrown.

Specified by:

parseObject in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

source - The string to parse from.

pos - Marks the end of the parsing or 0 if the parsing failed.

Returns:

A BooleanValue for the parsed string.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if pos is null or source is null.