Module org.pojomatic

Package org.pojomatic.formatter

Interface PropertyFormatter

All Known Subinterfaces:

EnhancedPropertyFormatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AccountNumberFormatter, DefaultEnhancedPropertyFormatter, DefaultPropertyFormatter, EnhancedPropertyFormatterWrapper

Deprecated.

Since 2.0. Implement EnhancedPropertyFormatter instead. This class is unaware of primitives, and does not leverage StringBuilder.

@Deprecated
public interface PropertyFormatter

A formatter for a property.

Any implementation of PropertyFormatter must have a public no-argument constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(Object value)	Deprecated. Format a given value.
void	initialize(AnnotatedElement element)	Deprecated. Initialize the formatter for use; this method will be called exactly once on an instance, prior to any calls to format(Object).

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(AnnotatedElement element)

Deprecated.

Initialize the formatter for use; this method will be called exactly once on an instance, prior to any calls to format(Object). This method does not need to be thread-safe. A typical implementation might inspect the element for additional annotations used to configure the formatter.

Parameters:

element - the field or method this formatter will be used for.

format

String format(Object value)

Deprecated.

Format a given value. This method must be thread safe.

Parameters:

value - the value to format

Returns:

the value, formatted (must not be null)