org.joda.time.format
Interface PeriodPrinter

public interface PeriodPrinter

Internal interface for printing textual representations of time periods.

Application users will rarely use this class directly. Instead, you will use one of the factory classes to create a PeriodFormatter.

The factory classes are:
- PeriodFormatterBuilder
- PeriodFormat
- ISOPeriodFormat

Since:

1.0

Author:

Brian S O'Neill, Stephen Colebourne

See Also:

PeriodFormatter, PeriodFormatterBuilder, PeriodFormat

Method Summary

int	calculatePrintedLength(ReadablePeriod period, Locale locale) Returns the exact number of characters produced for the given period.
int	countFieldsToPrint(ReadablePeriod period, int stopAt, Locale locale) Returns the amount of fields from the given period that this printer will print.
void	printTo(StringBuffer buf, ReadablePeriod period, Locale locale) Prints a ReadablePeriod to a StringBuffer.
void	printTo(Writer out, ReadablePeriod period, Locale locale) Prints a ReadablePeriod to a Writer.

Method Detail

calculatePrintedLength

public int calculatePrintedLength(ReadablePeriod period,
                                  Locale locale)

Returns the exact number of characters produced for the given period.

Parameters:

period - the period to use

locale - the locale to use

Returns:

the estimated length

countFieldsToPrint

public int countFieldsToPrint(ReadablePeriod period,
                              int stopAt,
                              Locale locale)

Returns the amount of fields from the given period that this printer will print.

Parameters:

period - the period to use

stopAt - stop counting at this value, enter a number ≥ 256 to count all

locale - the locale to use

Returns:

amount of fields printed

printTo

public void printTo(StringBuffer buf,
                    ReadablePeriod period,
                    Locale locale)

Prints a ReadablePeriod to a StringBuffer.

Parameters:

buf - the formatted period is appended to this buffer

period - the period to format

locale - the locale to use

printTo

public void printTo(Writer out,
                    ReadablePeriod period,
                    Locale locale)
             throws IOException

Prints a ReadablePeriod to a Writer.

Parameters:

out - the formatted period is written out

period - the period to format

locale - the locale to use

Throws:

IOException