TextIp4Formatter (Dataflow Library Distribution Project 8.0.0-98 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.pervasive.datarush.encoding.text.TextIp4Formatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TokenFormatter
```
public class TextIp4Formatter
extends Object
```
A formatter representing ip4address token values as text IPv4 strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

TextIp4Formatter()
Creates a new formatter.

TextIp4Formatter(String nullIndicator)
Creates a new formatter.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete 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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - TextIp4Formatter
```
public TextIp4Formatter()
```
    Creates a new formatter. Null values are output as the empty string.
  - TextIp4Formatter
```
public TextIp4Formatter(String nullIndicator)
```
    Creates a new formatter. Null values are output as the specified string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    nullIndicator - the text value to use for 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