ariba.util.formatter
Class ListFormatter

java.lang.Object
  ariba.util.formatter.Formatter
      ariba.util.formatter.ListFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Compare, StringParser

public class ListFormatter
extends Formatter

ListFormatter is a subclass of Formatter which is responsible for formatting, parsing, and comparing vectors.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface ariba.util.core.Compare

EqualTo, GreaterThan, LessThan

Constructor Summary

ListFormatter()
Creates a new ListFormatter.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	formatList(java.util.List v, java.util.Locale locale, boolean useHTML) Returns a string representation of the vector as a list.
java.lang.Object	getValue(java.lang.Object object, java.util.Locale locale) Returns a List from 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

ListFormatter

public ListFormatter()

Creates a new ListFormatter.

Method Detail

formatList

public static java.lang.String formatList(java.util.List v,
                                          java.util.Locale locale,
                                          boolean useHTML)

Returns a string representation of the vector as a list.

Parameters:

v - List to format.

locale - The Locale to use for formatting.

useHTML - True if HTML tags should be inserted into the string to create a list.

Returns:

Returns a string representation of the vector

getValue

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

Returns a List from the given object. We currently do not support converting other object types to List, so the method will either return the List that is passed in or, if the object isn't a List, it will return null.

Specified by:

getValue in class Formatter

Parameters:

object - the object to convert to a List

locale - the Locale to use for conversion (unused)

Returns:

a List derived from the given object