Class FormattableFlags

java.lang.Object
java.util.FormattableFlags
public classFormattableFlagsextendsObject
FormattableFlags are passed to theFormattable.formatTo() method and modify the output format forFormattables. Implementations ofFormattable are responsible for interpreting and validating any flags.
Since:
1.5

  • Field Details

    • LEFT_JUSTIFY

      public static final int LEFT_JUSTIFY
      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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    • UPPERCASE

      public static final int UPPERCASE
      Converts the output to upper case according to the rules of thelocale given during creation of theformatter argument of theformatTo() method. The output should be equivalent the following invocation ofString.toUpperCase(java.util.Locale)
           out.toUpperCase()

      This flag corresponds to'S' ('\u0053') in the format specifier.

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    • ALTERNATE

      public static final int ALTERNATE
      Requires the output to use an alternate form. The definition of the form is specified by theFormattable.

      This flag corresponds to'#' ('\u0023') in the format specifier.

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