net.time4j.format

Interface LocalizedPatternSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnualDate, CalendarMonth, CalendarQuarter, CalendarWeek, CalendarYear, ChineseCalendar, CopticCalendar, EthiopianCalendar, EthiopianTime, HebrewCalendar, HijriCalendar, HinduCalendar, HistoricCalendar, IndianCalendar, JapaneseCalendar, JucheCalendar, JulianCalendar, KoreanCalendar, MinguoCalendar, PersianCalendar, PlainDate, PlainTime, PlainTimestamp, ThaiSolarCalendar, VietnameseCalendar

public interface LocalizedPatternSupport

Marker interface which indicates support for general localized format patterns compatible with the CLDR-specification.

Since:

3.10/4.7

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

ChronoMerger.getFormatPattern(FormatStyle, Locale)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default String	getFormatPattern(DisplayStyle style, Locale locale) Deprecated. Use getFormatPattern(FormatStyle, Locale)
default String	getFormatPattern(FormatStyle style, Locale locale) Defines a CLDR-compatible localized format pattern suitable for printing.
default boolean	useDynamicFormatPattern() Determines if any created format pattern uses the state of this instance.

Method Detail

getFormatPattern

@Deprecated
default String getFormatPattern(DisplayStyle style,
                                             Locale locale)

Deprecated. Use getFormatPattern(FormatStyle, Locale)

Defines a CLDR-compatible localized format pattern suitable for printing.

The default implementation delegates to the underlying chronology.

Parameters:

style - format style

locale - language and country setting

Returns:

localized format pattern

Since:

5.1

getFormatPattern

default String getFormatPattern(FormatStyle style,
                                Locale locale)

Defines a CLDR-compatible localized format pattern suitable for printing.

The default implementation delegates to the underlying chronology.

Parameters:

style - format style

locale - language and country setting

Returns:

localized format pattern

Since:

5.8

useDynamicFormatPattern

default boolean useDynamicFormatPattern()

Determines if any created format pattern uses the state of this instance.

The default implementation returns false.

Returns:

true if the method getFormatPattern uses the state of this instance else false

Since:

5.1

See Also:

getFormatPattern(FormatStyle, Locale)