tauzaman.property
Class Format

java.lang.Object
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public class Format

extends java.lang.Object

Format class represents a formatting information of an input or output temporal constant.

See Also:

Property, ImportFormat

Status:

design complete, implementation complete

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	formatString Content of the format
private boolean	formatWhitespace Determines whether this format is whitespace friendly or not if it is false then it is not whitespace friendly, o.w. it is true.

Constructor Summary

Format(org.w3c.dom.Element root)
Constructs a Format object, from given DOM node parsed from Property Specification file.

Method Summary

private void	formFormat(org.w3c.dom.Element root) Initializes this Format from DOM Node, which points to a format element in the Property Specification file.
java.lang.String	getFormatString() Returns the formatString of this format
boolean	isFormatWhitespaceFriendly() Returns whether this format is whitespace friendly or not
java.lang.String	toString() toString method

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

formatString

private java.lang.String formatString

Content of the format

formatWhitespace

private boolean formatWhitespace

Determines whether this format is whitespace friendly or not if it is false then it is not whitespace friendly, o.w. it is true.

Constructor Detail

Format

public Format(org.w3c.dom.Element root)

Constructs a Format object, from given DOM node parsed from Property Specification file.

Parameters:

root - DOM Element

Method Detail

formFormat

private void formFormat(org.w3c.dom.Element root)

Initializes this Format from DOM Node, which points to a format element in the Property Specification file.

isFormatWhitespaceFriendly

public boolean isFormatWhitespaceFriendly()

Returns whether this format is whitespace friendly or not

Returns:

whitespace friendly attribute of this Format

getFormatString

public java.lang.String getFormatString()

Returns the formatString of this format

Returns:

this Format as a string

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

toString method

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of this object