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* Copyright (C) 2015 Valkyrie RCP
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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*
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package org.valkyriercp.binding.format;
/**
* Source for shared and commonly used <code>Formatters</code>.
* <p>
* Formatters are typically not thread safe as <code>Format</code> objects aren't thread safe: so implementations of
* this service should take care to synchronize them as neccessary.
*
* @see java.text.Format
*
* @author Keith Donald
*/
public interface FormatterFactory {
/**
* Returns a date formatter for the encoded date format.
* @param encodedFormat the format
* @return the formatter
*/
public Formatter getDateFormatter(String encodedFormat);
/**
* Returns the default date format for the current locale.
* @return the date formatter
*/
public Formatter getDateFormatter();
/**
* Returns the date format with the specified style for the current locale.
* @param style the style
* @return the formatter
*/
public Formatter getDateFormatter(Style style);
/**
* Returns the default date/time format for the current locale.
* @return the date/time formatter
*/
public Formatter getDateTimeFormatter();
/**
* Returns the date format with the specified styles for the current locale.
* @param dateStyle the date style
* @param timeStyle the time style
* @return the formatter
*/
public Formatter getDateTimeFormatter(Style dateStyle, Style timeStyle);
/**
* Returns the default time format for the current locale.
* @return the time formatter
*/
public Formatter getTimeFormatter();
/**
* Returns the time format with the specified style for the current locale.
* @param style the style
* @return the formatter
*/
public Formatter getTimeFormatter(Style style);
/**
* Returns a number formatter for the specified class.
* @param numberClass the number class
* @return the number formatter
*/
public Formatter getNumberFormatter(Class numberClass);
/**
* Returns a percent number formatter.
* @return the percent formatter
*/
public Formatter getPercentFormatter();
/**
* Returns a currency number formatter.
* @return the currency formatter
*/
public Formatter getCurrencyFormatter();
}