org.compass.core.converter.basic.format
Interface Formatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

TextFormatFormatter, ThreadSafeFormat

public interface Formatter

A generic interface allowing to format objects to Strings and parse them from Strings.

Author:

kimchy

Method Summary

String	format(Object obj) Formats the given object to String.
boolean	isThreadSafe() Returns true if this formatter is thread safe, false otherwise.
Object	parse(String str) Parse the given string to an Object.

Method Detail

format

String format(Object obj)

Formats the given object to String.

parse

Object parse(String str)
             throws ParseException

Parse the given string to an Object.

Throws:

ParseException

isThreadSafe

boolean isThreadSafe()

Returns true if this formatter is thread safe, false otherwise.