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package java.util;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* The {@code Formattable} interface must be implemented by any class that
* needs to perform custom formatting using the {@code 's'} conversion
* specifier of {@link java.util.Formatter}. This interface allows basic
* control for formatting arbitrary objects.
*
* For example, the following class prints out different representations of a
* stock's name depending on the flags and length constraints:
*
* <pre> {@code
* import java.nio.CharBuffer;
* import java.util.Formatter;
* import java.util.Formattable;
* import java.util.Locale;
* import static java.util.FormattableFlags.*;
*
* ...
*
* public class StockName implements Formattable {
* private String symbol, companyName, frenchCompanyName;
* public StockName(String symbol, String companyName,
* String frenchCompanyName) {
* ...
* }
*
* ...
*
* public void formatTo(Formatter fmt, int f, int width, int precision) {
* StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
*
* // decide form of name
* String name = companyName;
* if (fmt.locale().equals(Locale.FRANCE))
* name = frenchCompanyName;
* boolean alternate = (f & ALTERNATE) == ALTERNATE;
* boolean usesymbol = alternate || (precision != -1 && precision < 10);
* String out = (usesymbol ? symbol : name);
*
* // apply precision
* if (precision == -1 || out.length() < precision) {
* // write it all
* sb.append(out);
* } else {
* sb.append(out.substring(0, precision - 1)).append('*');
* }
*
* // apply width and justification
* int len = sb.length();
* if (len < width)
* for (int i = 0; i < width - len; i++)
* if ((f & LEFT_JUSTIFY) == LEFT_JUSTIFY)
* sb.append(' ');
* else
* sb.insert(0, ' ');
*
* fmt.format(sb.toString());
* }
*
* public String toString() {
* return String.format("%s - %s", symbol, companyName);
* }
* }
* }</pre>
*
* <p> When used in conjunction with the {@link java.util.Formatter}, the above
* class produces the following output for various format strings.
*
* <pre> {@code
* Formatter fmt = new Formatter();
* StockName sn = new StockName("HUGE", "Huge Fruit, Inc.",
* "Fruit Titanesque, Inc.");
* fmt.format("%s", sn); // -> "Huge Fruit, Inc."
* fmt.format("%s", sn.toString()); // -> "HUGE - Huge Fruit, Inc."
* fmt.format("%#s", sn); // -> "HUGE"
* fmt.format("%-10.8s", sn); // -> "HUGE "
* fmt.format("%.12s", sn); // -> "Huge Fruit,*"
* fmt.format(Locale.FRANCE, "%25s", sn); // -> " Fruit Titanesque, Inc."
* }</pre>
*
* <p> Formattables are not necessarily safe for multithreaded access. Thread
* safety is optional and may be enforced by classes that extend and implement
* this interface.
*
* <p> Unless otherwise specified, passing a {@code null} argument to
* any method in this interface will cause a {@link
* NullPointerException} to be thrown.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface Formattable {
/**
* Formats the object using the provided {@link Formatter formatter}.
*
* @param formatter
* The {@link Formatter formatter}. Implementing classes may call
* {@link Formatter#out() formatter.out()} or {@link
* Formatter#locale() formatter.locale()} to obtain the {@link
* Appendable} or {@link Locale} used by this
* {@code formatter} respectively.
*
* @param flags
* The flags modify the output format. The value is interpreted as
* a bitmask. Any combination of the following flags may be set:
* {@link FormattableFlags#LEFT_JUSTIFY}, {@link
* FormattableFlags#UPPERCASE}, and {@link
* FormattableFlags#ALTERNATE}. If no flags are set, the default
* formatting of the implementing class will apply.
*
* @param width
* The minimum number of characters to be written to the output.
* If the length of the converted value is less than the
* {@code width} then the output will be padded by
* <code>' '</code> until the total number of characters
* equals width. The padding is at the beginning by default. If
* the {@link FormattableFlags#LEFT_JUSTIFY} flag is set then the
* padding will be at the end. If {@code width} is {@code -1}
* then there is no minimum.
*
* @param precision
* The maximum number of characters to be written to the output.
* The precision is applied before the width, thus the output will
* be truncated to {@code precision} characters even if the
* {@code width} is greater than the {@code precision}. If
* {@code precision} is {@code -1} then there is no explicit
* limit on the number of characters.
*
* @throws IllegalFormatException
* If any of the parameters are invalid. For specification of all
* possible formatting errors, see the <a
* href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section of the
* formatter class specification.
*/
void formatTo(Formatter formatter, int flags, int width, int precision);
}