IFormattedObject.java

/*
 *  Freeplane - mind map editor
 *  Copyright (C) 2011 Volker Boerchers
 *
 *  This file author is Volker Boerchers
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.freeplane.features.format;

/**
 * @author vboerchers
 */
public interface IFormattedObject {
	// do not change this constants since they are used for serialization!
	public static final String TYPE_NUMBER = "number";
	public static final String TYPE_DATE = "date";
	public static final String TYPE_DATETIME = "datetime";
	public static final String TYPE_STRING = "string";

	String getPattern();

	/** the unformatted object. */
	Object getObject();
}