com.pervasive.datarush.encoding.text

Class GenericObjectFormatter

java.lang.Object

com.pervasive.datarush.encoding.text.GenericObjectFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TokenFormatter

public class GenericObjectFormatter
extends Object

A formatter representing object token values as text values. Objects are mapped to their default toString output.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GenericObjectFormatter(ObjectTokenType<?> type) Creates a ormatter using the specified object type.
GenericObjectFormatter(ObjectTokenType<?> type, String nullIndicator) Creates a formatter using the specified object type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format() Formats the current value of the source as a text value.
void	setSource(ScalarValued source) Sets the container holding values to be formatted.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GenericObjectFormatter

public GenericObjectFormatter(ObjectTokenType<?> type)

Creates a ormatter using the specified object type. Null values are output as the empty string.

Parameters:

type - the object for which the formatter is defined

GenericObjectFormatter

public GenericObjectFormatter(ObjectTokenType<?> type,
                              String nullIndicator)

Creates a formatter using the specified object type.

Parameters:

type - the object for which the formatter is defined

nullIndicator - the text value to use fo null values

Method Detail

setSource

public final void setSource(ScalarValued source)

Description copied from interface: TokenFormatter

Sets the container holding values to be formatted. A reference to this container is held and accessed only when an formatting is requested.

Specified by:

setSource in interface TokenFormatter

Parameters:

source - the value container to format

format

public final String format()

Description copied from interface: TokenFormatter

Formats the current value of the source as a text value.

Specified by:

format in interface TokenFormatter

Returns:

the value of the source as a string