com.uwyn.rife.cmf.format
Interface Formatter<DataType,InternalType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ImageFormatter, PlainTextFormatter, RawFormatter, XhtmlFormatter

public interface Formatter<DataType,InternalType>

Formats raw data according to the information that's provided by a Content instance. The raw data will be loaded, optionally transformed and eventually returned.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 3634 $

Author:

Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)

Method Summary

DataType

format(Content content, ContentTransformer<InternalType> transformer) Formats raw data and returns it in a DataType that's supported by the back-end stores.

Method Detail

format

DataType format(Content content,
                ContentTransformer<InternalType> transformer)
                throws FormatException

Formats raw data and returns it in a DataType that's supported by the back-end stores.

Parameters:

content - a Content instance that contains the raw data with additional information that describes the storage and formatting of the processed data

transformer - a transformer that will be used to modify raw data after it has been loaded; or

null if the data shouldn't be transformed

Returns:

the result of the formatting of the raw data

Throws:

FormatException

Since:

1.0