/*
* Copyright 2001-2005 Stephen Colebourne
*
* 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
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*/
package org.joda.time.format;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.joda.time.Chronology;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
import org.joda.time.ReadablePartial;
/**
* Internal interface for creating textual representations of datetimes.
* <p>
* Application users will rarely use this class directly. Instead, you
* will use one of the factory classes to create a {@link DateTimeFormatter}.
* <p>
* The factory classes are:<br />
* - {@link DateTimeFormatterBuilder}<br />
* - {@link DateTimeFormat}<br />
* - {@link ISODateTimeFormat}<br />
*
* @author Brian S O'Neill
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @see DateTimeFormatterBuilder
* @see DateTimeFormat
* @see ISODateTimeFormat
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface DateTimePrinter {
/**
* Returns the expected maximum number of characters produced.
* The actual amount should rarely exceed this estimate.
*
* @return the estimated length
*/
int estimatePrintedLength();
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Prints an instant from milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z,
* using the given Chronology.
*
* @param buf formatted instant is appended to this buffer, not null
* @param instant millis since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
* @param chrono the chronology to use, not null
* @param displayOffset if a time zone offset is printed, force it to use
* this millisecond value
* @param displayZone the time zone to use, null means local time
* @param locale the locale to use, null means default locale
*/
void printTo(StringBuffer buf, long instant, Chronology chrono,
int displayOffset, DateTimeZone displayZone, Locale locale);
/**
* Prints an instant from milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z,
* using the given Chronology.
*
* @param out formatted instant is written out
* @param instant millis since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
* @param chrono the chronology to use, not null
* @param displayOffset if a time zone offset is printed, force it to use
* this millisecond value
* @param displayZone the time zone to use, null means local time
* @param locale the locale to use, null means default locale
*/
void printTo(Writer out, long instant, Chronology chrono,
int displayOffset, DateTimeZone displayZone, Locale locale) throws IOException;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Prints a ReadablePartial.
*
* @param buf formatted partial is appended to this buffer, not null
* @param partial partial to format, not null
* @param locale the locale to use, null means default locale
*/
void printTo(StringBuffer buf, ReadablePartial partial, Locale locale);
/**
* Prints a ReadablePartial.
*
* @param out formatted partial is written out, not null
* @param partial partial to format, not null
* @param locale the locale to use, null means default locale
*/
void printTo(Writer out, ReadablePartial partial, Locale locale) throws IOException;
}