net.time4j.format

Interface TextElement<V>

Type Parameters:

V - generic type of element values

All Superinterfaces:

ChronoElement<V>, Comparator<ChronoDisplay>

public interface TextElement<V>
extends ChronoElement<V>

A chronological element which can be formatted as text or can be parsed from a text.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
V	parse(CharSequence text, ParseLog status, AttributeQuery attributes) Interpretes the given text as element value.
void	print(ChronoDisplay context, Appendable buffer, AttributeQuery attributes) Converts the element value in given context to a formatted text.

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.ChronoElement

compare, getDefaultMaximum, getDefaultMinimum, getSymbol, getType, isDateElement, isLenient, isTimeElement, name

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Method Detail

print

void print(ChronoDisplay context,
         Appendable buffer,
         AttributeQuery attributes)
           throws IOException

Converts the element value in given context to a formatted text.

Implementation note: The concrete element value is obtainable by the expression context.get(this).

Parameters:

context - time context with the value of this element

buffer - format buffer any text output will be sent to

attributes - query for control attributes

Throws:

IOException - if writing to buffer fails

parse

V parse(CharSequence text,
      ParseLog status,
      AttributeQuery attributes)

Interpretes the given text as element value.

Implementation note: Any implementation will start first at the position status.getPosition() and either set the new position after successful parsing or return null in case of error.

Parameters:

text - text to be parsed

status - current parsing position

attributes - query for control attributes

Returns:

parsed element value or null if parsing was not successful