TokenFormatter (Dataflow Library Distribution Project 8.0.0-98 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanFormatter, CharFormatter, DateFormatter, DefaultDoubleFormatter, DefaultDurationFormatter, DefaultFloatFormatter, DefaultIntFormatter, DefaultLongFormatter, DefaultMoneyFormatter, DefaultNumericFormatter, DefaultPeriodFormatter, DoubleFormatter, DurationFormatter, FloatFormatter, GenericObjectFormatter, HexBinaryFormatter, IntFormatter, ISODateFormatter, ISOTimeOfDayFormatter, ISOTimestampFormatter, LongFormatter, MoneyFormatter, NumericFormatter, PeriodFormatter, StringFormatter, TextIp4Formatter, TextIp6Formatter, TimeFormatter, TimestampFormatter
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public interface TokenFormatter
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Converts token values into text values.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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.

- Method Detail
  - setSource
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void setSource(ScalarValued source)
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    Sets the container holding values to be formatted. A reference to this container is held and accessed only when an formatting is requested.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the value container to format
  - format
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String format()
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    Formats the current value of the source as a text value.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the source as a string