FormattableFlags (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.util

Class FormattableFlags

java.lang.Object extended by java.util.FormattableFlags

public class FormattableFlags

FomattableFlags are passed to the [Formattable.formatTo()](../../java/util/Formattable.html#formatTo%28java.util.Formatter, int, int, int%29) method and modify the output format for Formattables. Implementations of Formattable are responsible for interpreting and validating any flags.

Since:

1.5

Field Summary
static int	ALTERNATE Requires the output to use an alternate form.
static int	LEFT_JUSTIFY Left-justifies the output.
static int	UPPERCASE Converts the output to upper case according to the rules of thelocale given during creation of theformatter argument of the [formatTo()](../../java/util/Formattable.html#formatTo%28java.util.Formatter, int, int, int%29) method.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Field Detail

LEFT_JUSTIFY

public static final int LEFT_JUSTIFY

Left-justifies the output. Spaces ('\u0020') will be added at the end of the converted value as required to fill the minimum width of the field. If this flag is not set then the output will be right-justified.

This flag corresponds to '-' ('\u002d') in the format specifier.

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Constant Field Values

UPPERCASE

public static final int UPPERCASE

Converts the output to upper case according to the rules of thelocale given during creation of theformatter argument of the [formatTo()](../../java/util/Formattable.html#formatTo%28java.util.Formatter, int, int, int%29) method. The output should be equivalent the following invocation of String.toUpperCase(java.util.Locale)

 out.toUpperCase()

This flag corresponds to '^' ('\u005e') in the format specifier.

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Constant Field Values

ALTERNATE

public static final int ALTERNATE

Requires the output to use an alternate form. The definition of the form is specified by the Formattable.

This flag corresponds to '#' ('\u0023') in the format specifier.

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