net.time4j.format

Interface ChronoPrinter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - generic type of chronological entity to be formatted

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChronoFormatter

public interface ChronoPrinter<T>

Prints a chronological entity.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

ChronoEntity

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<R> R	print(T formattable, Appendable buffer, AttributeQuery attributes, ChronoFunction<ChronoDisplay,R> query) Creates a text output and writes it into given buffer.

Method Detail

print

<R> R print(T formattable,
          Appendable buffer,
          AttributeQuery attributes,
          ChronoFunction<ChronoDisplay,R> query)
        throws IOException

Creates a text output and writes it into given buffer.

Note: Implementations have to call query.apply(...) at the end to return a possibly meaningful result. An example would be a query which produces just the identical input so the result of printing a Moment will be the formatted form of the original Moment.

Parameters:

formattable - chronological entity to be formatted

buffer - format buffer any text output will be sent to

attributes - control attributes

query - custom query returning any kind of result

Returns:

result of query

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the object is not formattable

IOException - if writing into buffer fails