ariba.ui.validation
Class GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter

java.lang.Object
  ariba.util.formatter.Formatter
      ariba.ui.validation.GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Compare, StringParser

Enclosing class:

GenericChooser

public static class GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter
extends Formatter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface ariba.util.core.Compare

EqualTo, GreaterThan, LessThan

Constructor Summary

GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter(java.lang.String fieldPathString, java.lang.Object chainedFormatter)

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getValue(java.lang.Object object, java.util.Locale locale) Returns an object of the appropriate type for this formatter based on the given object.

Methods inherited from class ariba.util.formatter.Formatter

canFormatNulls, compare, compare, equal, equal, getFormat, getFormat, getFormatterClassForType, getFormatterForObject, getFormatterForType, getLocale, getStringValue, getStringValue, getValue, handlesNulls, isBidirectional, makeParseException, makeParseException, makeParseException, makeParseExceptionMessage, makeParseExceptionMessage, objectsAreEqual, objectsAreEqual, parse, parse, parseString, parseString, quickCompare, quickCompare, quickCompareValue, registerFormatter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter

public GenericChooser.FieldPathFormatter(java.lang.String fieldPathString,
                                         java.lang.Object chainedFormatter)

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue(java.lang.Object object,
                                 java.util.Locale locale)

Description copied from class: Formatter

Returns an object of the appropriate type for this formatter based on the given object. The given locale is used for any conversion that may be done.

The type of the given object can by anything; it is up to each specific implementation to do the appropriate conversion, parsing, etc. to create a value of the appropriate type.

The return value may be null depending on the specific implementation for a given formatter.

Subclasses must define this method to provide type-specific conversion.

Specified by:

getValue in class Formatter

Parameters:

object - the object to convert to the type for this formatter

locale - the locale used when converting the object

Returns:

an object of the appropriate type for this formatter