net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format

Class CompositeFormat

java.lang.Object

net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format.CompositeFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

LayoutFormatter

public class CompositeFormat
extends java.lang.Object
implements LayoutFormatter

A layout formatter that is the composite of the given Formatters executed in order.

Version:

$Revision$ ($Date$)

Author:

$Author$

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompositeFormat() If called with this constructor, this formatter does nothing.
CompositeFormat(LayoutFormatter[] formatters)
CompositeFormat(LayoutFormatter first, LayoutFormatter second)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.String fieldText) Failure Mode:

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompositeFormat

public CompositeFormat()

If called with this constructor, this formatter does nothing.

CompositeFormat

public CompositeFormat(LayoutFormatter first,
                       LayoutFormatter second)

CompositeFormat

public CompositeFormat(LayoutFormatter[] formatters)

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String fieldText)

Description copied from interface: LayoutFormatter

Failure Mode:

Formatters should be robust in the sense that they always return some relevant string.

If the formatter can detect an invalid input it should return the original string otherwise it may simply return a wrong output.

Specified by:

format in interface LayoutFormatter

Parameters:

fieldText - The text to layout.

Returns:

The layouted text.