CompositeFormat

@Deprecated public class org.apache.commons.lang3.text.CompositeFormat extends Format

Deprecated: As of 3.6, use Apache Commons Text CompositeFormat.

Formats using one formatter and parses using a different formatter. An example of use for this would be a webapp where data is taken in one way and stored in a database another way.

Constructors

CompositeFormat(Format, Format)

Create a format that points its parseObject method to one implementation and its format method to another.

public CompositeFormat(Format parser, Format formatter)

Create a format that points its parseObject method to one implementation and its format method to another.

Parameters:

• parser – implementation

• formatter – implementation

Methods

format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)	Uses the formatter Format instance.
getFormatter()	Gets the formatter Format implementation.
getParser()	Gets the parser Format implementation.
parseObject(String, ParsePosition)	Uses the parser Format instance.
reformat(String)	Utility method to parse and then reformat a String.

@Override public StringBuffer format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)

Uses the formatter Format instance.

Parameters:

• obj – The object to format

• toAppendTo – The StringBuffer to append to

• pos – The FieldPosition to use (or ignore).

Returns:

toAppendTo

See also:

Format#format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)

public Format getFormatter()

Gets the formatter Format implementation.

Returns:

The formatter Format implementation.

public Format getParser()

Gets the parser Format implementation.

Returns:

parser Format implementation

@Override public Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos)

Uses the parser Format instance.

Parameters:

• source – The String source

• pos – The ParsePosition containing the position to parse from, will be updated according to parsing success (index) or failure (error index)

Returns:

The parsed Object

See also:

Format#parseObject(String, ParsePosition)

public String reformat(String input) throws ParseException

Utility method to parse and then reformat a String.

Parameters:

input – String to reformat

Returns:

A reformatted String

Throws:

java.text.ParseException – Thrown by parseObject(String) call.