ariba.ui.aribaweb.util
Class AWFormatting

java.lang.Object
  ariba.util.core.ClassExtension
      ariba.ui.aribaweb.util.AWFormatting

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AWFormatting_AribaFormatter, AWFormatting_AWFormatter, AWFormatting_JavaFormat

public abstract class AWFormatting
extends ClassExtension

This should really be named the AWFormatterAdapter. This implements the adapter pattern via ClassExtensions. This leads to a slight variation of the standard adapter pattern. In the standard pattern the Adapter (ie, this class) does all of the adaptations while here we have subclasses of this class handle the specific adaptations. To put it another way, this class and its subclasses take the place of the usual monolithic adapter in the Adapter Pattern. Also see the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapter_pattern.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ariba.util.core.ClassExtension

forClass

Constructor Summary

AWFormatting()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object receiver, java.lang.Object objectToFormat) This is really more like toString() than format().
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object receiver, java.lang.Object objectToFormat, java.util.Locale locale) This is really more like toString() than format().
static AWFormatting	get(java.lang.Object target) Returns a formatter adapter (AWFormatting object) for the target's type.
abstract java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.Object receiver, java.lang.String stringToParse) This is really more like toObject() than parseObject().
java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.Object receiver, java.lang.String stringToParse, java.util.Locale locale) This is really more like toObject() than parseObject().
static void	registerClassExtension(java.lang.Class receiverClass, AWFormatting formatClassExtension) This will make the passed in formatter adapter (AWFormatting object) the proper formatter adapter to use for objects of type formatterAdapteeClass (receiverClass).

Methods inherited from class ariba.util.core.ClassExtension

clone, forClass, getRealClass, setForClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AWFormatting

public AWFormatting()

Method Detail

registerClassExtension

public static void registerClassExtension(java.lang.Class receiverClass,
                                          AWFormatting formatClassExtension)

This will make the passed in formatter adapter (AWFormatting object) the proper formatter adapter to use for objects of type formatterAdapteeClass (receiverClass).

Parameters:

receiverClass - the formatterAdapteeClass

formatClassExtension - the formatterAdapterClassExtension

get

public static AWFormatting get(java.lang.Object target)

Returns a formatter adapter (AWFormatting object) for the target's type.

Parameters:

target - The formatterAdaptee.

Returns:

a formatter adapter that will work on the target's type.

parseObject

public abstract java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.Object receiver,
                                             java.lang.String stringToParse)

This is really more like toObject() than parseObject().

Parameters:

receiver - the formatterAdaptee

stringToParse - the objectInStringForm

Returns:

an object with the type depending on the receiver (formatterAdaptee)

format

public abstract java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object receiver,
                                        java.lang.Object objectToFormat)

This is really more like toString() than format(). It converts an object to a string. With the allowed objects depending on the receiver (formatterAdaptee).

Parameters:

receiver - the formatterAdaptee

objectToFormat - the objectToStringify

Returns:

the string form of the objectToFormat (objectToStringify)

parseObject

public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.Object receiver,
                                    java.lang.String stringToParse,
                                    java.util.Locale locale)

This is really more like toObject() than parseObject().

Parameters:

receiver - the formatterAdaptee

stringToParse - the objectInStringForm

locale - the locale

Returns:

an object with the type depending on the receiver (formatterAdaptee)

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object receiver,
                               java.lang.Object objectToFormat,
                               java.util.Locale locale)

This is really more like toString() than format(). It converts an object to a string. With the allowed objects depending on the receiver (formatterAdaptee).

Parameters:

receiver - the formatterAdaptee

objectToFormat - the objectToStringify

locale - the locale

Returns:

the string form of the objectToFormat (objectToStringify)