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package javafx.util.converter;

import java.text.*;
import javafx.beans.NamedArg;
import javafx.util.StringConverter;

StringConverter implementation that can use a Format instance.

Since:JavaFX 2.2
/** * <p>{@link StringConverter} implementation that can use a {@link Format} * instance.</p> * * @since JavaFX 2.2 */
public class FormatStringConverter<T> extends StringConverter<T> { // ------------------------------------------------------ Private properties final Format format; // ------------------------------------------------------------ Constructors public FormatStringConverter(@NamedArg("format") Format format) { this.format = format; } // ------------------------------------------------------- Converter Methods
{@inheritDoc}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override public T fromString(String value) { // If the specified value is null or zero-length, return null if (value == null) { return null; } value = value.trim(); if (value.length() < 1) { return null; } // Create and configure the parser to be used Format _format = getFormat(); // Perform the requested parsing, and attempt to conver the output // back to T final ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0); T result = (T) _format.parseObject(value, pos); if (pos.getIndex() != value.length()) { throw new RuntimeException("Parsed string not according to the format"); } return result; }
{@inheritDoc}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override public String toString(T value) { // If the specified value is null, return a zero-length String if (value == null) { return ""; } // Create and configure the formatter to be used Format _format = getFormat(); // Perform the requested formatting return _format.format(value); }

Return a Format instance to use for formatting and parsing in this StringConverter.

Returns:a Format instance for formatting and parsing in this StringConverter
/** * <p>Return a <code>Format</code> instance to use for formatting * and parsing in this {@link StringConverter}.</p> * * @return a {@code Format} instance for formatting and parsing in this {@link StringConverter} */
protected Format getFormat() { return format; } }