org.beanfabrics.model
Interface IFormat<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigDecimalPM.Format

public interface IFormat<T>

The IFormat defines the programming interface for formatting instances of a specific type into Strings and for parsing Strings back into objects.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(T value) Formats the given value to a String representation.
T	parse(java.lang.String text) Parses the given text and returns an instance of T that is represented by the text.

Method Detail

parse

T parse(java.lang.String text)
        throws ConversionException

Parses the given text and returns an instance of T that is represented by the text.

Parameters:

text -

Returns:

an instance of T that represents the given text

Throws:

ConversionException

format

java.lang.String format(T value)

Formats the given value to a String representation.

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

the String representation of the given value