org.jdesktop.swingx.renderer
Class FormatStringValue

java.lang.Object
  org.jdesktop.swingx.renderer.FormatStringValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, StringValue

public class FormatStringValue
extends Object
implements StringValue

Base type for Format-backed StringValue. Has static defaults for Date and Number which use the locale-dependent default Formats as returned from xxFormat.getInstance().

This class is intended to ease the handling of formatted cell content. F.i. to show a list of Dates in the default Locale's FULL version and right align the text:

    StringValue stringValue = new FormatStringValue(
        DateFormat.getInstance(DateFormat.FULL));
    list.setCellRenderer(
        new DefaultListRenderer(stringValue, JLabel.RIGHT);  
 

PENDING: need to update on Locale change? How to detect? When?

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Format

format the format used in creating the String representation.

Constructor Summary

FormatStringValue()
Instantiates a formatted converter with null format.

FormatStringValue(Format format)
Instantiates a formatted converter with the given Format.

Method Summary

Format	getFormat()
String	getString(Object value) Returns a string representation of the given value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

format

protected Format format

the format used in creating the String representation.

Constructor Detail

FormatStringValue

public FormatStringValue()

Instantiates a formatted converter with null format.

FormatStringValue

public FormatStringValue(Format format)

Instantiates a formatted converter with the given Format.

Parameters:

format - the format to use in creating the String representation.

Method Detail

getFormat

public Format getFormat()

Returns:

the format used in creating the String representation.

getString

public String getString(Object value)

Returns a string representation of the given value.

PENDING JW: forgot - why not null return guaranteed?

Specified by:

getString in interface StringValue

Parameters:

value - the object to present as a string

Returns:

a string representation of the given value, guaranteed to be not null