Package org.jdesktop.swingx.renderer

Class FormatStringValue

java.lang.Object
org.jdesktop.swingx.renderer.FormatStringValue
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, StringValue
public class FormatStringValue extends Object implements StringValue
Base type for Format-backed StringValue. Has static defaults for Date and Number which use the locale-dependent default Formats as returned from xxFormat.getInstance().

This class is intended to ease the handling of formatted cell content. F.i. to show a list of Dates in the default Locale's FULL version and right align the text: 


    StringValue stringValue = new FormatStringValue(
        DateFormat.getInstance(DateFormat.FULL));
    list.setCellRenderer(
        new DefaultListRenderer(stringValue, JLabel.RIGHT);
PENDING: need to update on Locale change? How to detect? When?
Author:
Jeanette Winzenburg
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • format

      protected Format format
      the format used in creating the String representation.

  • Constructor Details

    • FormatStringValue

      public FormatStringValue()
      Instantiates a formatted converter with null format.

    • FormatStringValue

      public FormatStringValue(Format format)
      Instantiates a formatted converter with the given Format.
      Parameters:
      format - the format to use in creating the String representation.

  • Method Details

    • getFormat

      public Format getFormat()
      Returns:
      the format used in creating the String representation.

    • getString

      public String getString(Object value)
      Returns a string representation of the given value.

      PENDING JW: forgot - why not null return guaranteed?

      Specified by:
      getString in interface StringValue
      Parameters:
      value - the object to present as a string
      Returns:
      a string representation of the given value, guaranteed to be not null