Format.format
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public final String format( Object obj )
Parameters
- obj
- The object to format
Returns
Formatted string.
Description
Formats an object to produce a string.
Subclasses will override the StringBuffer version of format.
Exceptions
IllegalArgumentException
when the Format cannot format the
type of object.
See Also
MessageFormat, format
public abstract StringBuffer format( Object obj,
StringBuffer toAppendTo,
FieldPosition pos )
Parameters
- obj
- The object to format
- toAppendTo
- where the text is to be appended
- status
- On input: an alignment field, if desired.
On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
Returns
the value passed in as toAppendTo (this allows chaining,
as with StringBuffer.append())
Description
Formats an object to produce a string.
Subclasses will implement for particular object, such as:
StringBuffer format (Number obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo)
Number parse (String str)
These general routines allow polymorphic parsing and
formatting for objects such as the MessageFormat.
Exceptions
IllegalArgumentException
when the Format cannot format the
given object.
See Also
MessageFormat, FieldPosition