Package org.moeaframework.util.format

Class VariableFormatter

java.lang.Object

org.moeaframework.util.format.VariableFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter<Variable>

public class VariableFormatter
extends Object
implements Formatter<Variable>

Formatter for Variables. Primarily, this uses the registered formatter, if any, for numeric types.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
VariableFormatter(TabularData<?> data)	Constructs a new variable formatter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(Object variable)	Formats the given value into a string representation.
Class<Variable>	getType()	Returns the class (or classes using inheritance) this formatter supports.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.moeaframework.util.format.Formatter

format, format

Constructor Details

VariableFormatter

public VariableFormatter(TabularData<?> data)

Constructs a new variable formatter.

Parameters:

data - reference back to the tabular data object this formatter is associated, so it can call the TabularData.formatValue(Object) method on primitive types

Method Details

getType

public Class<Variable> getType()

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Returns the class (or classes using inheritance) this formatter supports.

Specified by:

getType in interface Formatter<Variable>

Returns:

the class

format

public String format(Object variable)

Description copied from interface: Formatter

Formats the given value into a string representation.

Specified by:

format in interface Formatter<Variable>

Parameters:

variable - the value

Returns:

the string representation