java.util
Class FormattableFlags

java.lang.Object
  java.util.FormattableFlags

public class FormattableFlags
extends Object

FomattableFlags are passed to the Formattable.formatTo() 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 Suppressed. Requires the output to use an alternate form.
static int	LEFT_JUSTIFY Suppressed. Left-justifies the output.
static int	UPPERCASE Suppressed. Converts the output to upper case according to the rules of the locale given during creation of the formatter argument of the formatTo() method.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LEFT_JUSTIFY

public static final int LEFT_JUSTIFY

Suppressed. default deny

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

Suppressed. default deny

Converts the output to upper case according to the rules of the locale given during creation of the formatter argument of the formatTo() 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

Suppressed. default deny

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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Constant Field Values