ArrayFormatter (OpenL - DEV - Engine 5.26.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.openl.rules.table.formatters.ArrayFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IFormatter
```
public class ArrayFormatter
extends Object
implements IFormatter
```
A formatter for converting an array of elements, represented by String (elements are separated by ARRAY_ELEMENTS_SEPARATOR escaper for the separator is ARRAY_ELEMENTS_SEPARATOR_ESCAPER) to an array of specified type (method parse(String)).
Also it provides the back convertion from specified type to a String, in outcome result elements will separated by ARRAY_ELEMENTS_SEPARATOR (method format(Object)).

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ArrayFormatter(IFormatter elementFormat)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`format(Object value)`	Converts an input array of elements to `String`.
`IFormatter`	`getElementFormat()`
`Object`	`parse(String value)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ArrayFormatter
```
public ArrayFormatter(IFormatter elementFormat)
```
    Parameters:
    
    elementFormat - formatter for the component type of array.
- Method Detail
  - format
```
public String format(Object value)
```
    Converts an input array of elements to String. Elements in the return value will separated by ARRAY_ELEMENTS_SEPARATOR. Null safety.
    
    Specified by:
    
    format in interface IFormatter
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - array of elements that should be represented as String.
    
    Returns:
    
    String representation of the income array. NULL if the income value is NULL or if income value is not an array.
  - parse
```
public Object parse(String value)
```
    Specified by:
    
    parse in interface IFormatter
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - String representation of the array.
    
    Returns:
    
    array of elements. NULL if input is empty or can`t get the component type of the array.
  - getElementFormat
```
public IFormatter getElementFormat()
```