com.phloc.commons.format

Interface IFormattedObject

All Superinterfaces:

IHasStringRepresentation

All Known Implementing Classes:

FormattedObject

public interface IFormattedObject
extends IHasStringRepresentation

Basic interface for special objects having a certain string representation.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAsString() Get the value converted to a string with the specified formatter.
IFormatter	getFormatter()
Object	getValue() Get the original value.

Method Detail

getValue

@Nullable
Object getValue()

Get the original value.

Returns:

The unformatted value. May be null.

getFormatter

@Nonnull
IFormatter getFormatter()

Returns:

The formatter to be used for formatting this object. Never null.

getAsString

@Nullable
String getAsString()

Get the value converted to a string with the specified formatter.

Specified by:

getAsString in interface IHasStringRepresentation

Returns:

the string representation of the value. May be null dependent on the semantics of the formatter.