/*
* Copyright 2006 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
* use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
* License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
* the License.
*/
package com.google.gwt.dev.util.msg;
/**
* Abstract formatter used by {@link Message}.
*/
public abstract class Formatter {
/**
* Transforms the specified object into a string format.
*
* @param toFormat the object to format; the caller is responsible for
* ensuring that the type of the passed-in object is the type expected
* by the subclass
*
* @throws ClassCastException if <code>toFormat</code> is not of the type expected by the subclass
*/
public abstract String format(Object toFormat);
}