com.helger.commons.text.display

Interface IDisplayTextProvider<DATATYPE>

Type Parameters:

DATATYPE - The data type to retrieve the display text from

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface IDisplayTextProvider<DATATYPE>

Interface for a handler that provides the locale dependent name of an object.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static IDisplayTextProvider<IHasDisplayText>	createHasDisplayText()
default Comparator<DATATYPE>	getComparatorCollating(Locale aContentLocale, Locale aSortLocale)
String	getDisplayText(DATATYPE aObject, Locale aContentLocale) Get the display text of the passed object in the given locale.

Method Detail

getDisplayText

@Nullable
String getDisplayText(@Nullable
                                 DATATYPE aObject,
                                 @Nonnull
                                 Locale aContentLocale)

Get the display text of the passed object in the given locale.

Parameters:

aObject - The object to be used. May be null.

aContentLocale - The display locale to be used. May not be null.

Returns:

The display text of the passed object in the given locale. May be null.

getComparatorCollating

@Nonnull
default Comparator<DATATYPE> getComparatorCollating(@Nonnull
                                                              Locale aContentLocale,
                                                              @Nullable
                                                              Locale aSortLocale)

createHasDisplayText

@Nonnull
static IDisplayTextProvider<IHasDisplayText> createHasDisplayText()