com.univocity.parsers.annotations
Annotation Type Format

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Target(value={FIELD,METHOD,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface Format

Indicates that a parsed value is formatted and must be parsed before being assigned.

The Conversion type assigned to this field will depend on its type.

Multiple format masks can be tried for a single value.

When reading from this value (for writing to a given output), the first mask declared in formats() will be used to produce its String representation.

The options() is an optional configuration, with properties and values separated by =.. Each property will be used configure the underlying formatter. For example, if the parsed value is a BigDecimal, and the format is '#0,00', the decimal separator must be set to ','. To specify this using the options() annotation, use:

• formats="#0,00", options="decimalSeparator=,".
• The "decimalSeparator" property will be used to identify which method in DecimalFormat to invoke. In this case, the method "setDecimalSeparator", with the value on the right hand side of the = operator

Commonly used for java beans processed using BeanProcessor and/or BeanWriterProcessor

Author:

uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - parsers@univocity.com

See Also:

Conversion, Conversions, BeanProcessor, BeanWriterProcessor

Required Element Summary

String[]

formats Formats that define how a value can be formatted.

Optional Element Summary

String[]

options Defines a sequence of properties and their values, used to configure the underlying formatter.

Element Detail

formats

public abstract String[] formats

Formats that define how a value can be formatted. When reading, the values parsed from the input will be parsed according to the specified format. If multiple formats are defined, the first successful parsed value will be used. When writing, the first format defined in the sequence of formats will be used to produce the correct String representation.

Returns:

the sequence of formats to use.

options

public abstract String[] options

Defines a sequence of properties and their values, used to configure the underlying formatter. Each element must be specified as property_name=property_value, e.g. options={"decimalSeparator=,", "maximumFractionDigits=3"}

Returns:

a sequence of properties available in the underlying formatter and their respective values

Default:

{}