com.gridsystems.utils.text
Class MaxWidthFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      com.gridsystems.utils.text.MaxWidthFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class MaxWidthFormat
extends java.text.Format

Title: General Utilities. Description: Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003 Company: GridSystems

Version:

1.0

Author:

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

java.text.Format.Field

Constructor Summary

MaxWidthFormat(int length, java.lang.String align, java.lang.String suffix)
Creates an instance with the specified MaxWidthFormat.

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	format(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.StringBuffer sb, java.text.FieldPosition fp) Tag Format adjust tags to the selected length.
static int	getCharacterSizeCount(char character) Tells how much space uses a character in an HTML page.
static int	mustShort(java.lang.String text, int maxLength) Returns the index we have to cut the text.
java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.String s, java.text.ParsePosition parsePosition) Function not implemented.

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MaxWidthFormat

public MaxWidthFormat(int length,
                      java.lang.String align,
                      java.lang.String suffix)

Creates an instance with the specified MaxWidthFormat.

Parameters:

length - max width length must be greater than three

align - options are "left", "center", "right"

suffix - added at the end of the text longer than 'length'

Method Detail

parseObject

public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.String s,
                                    java.text.ParsePosition parsePosition)

Function not implemented.

Specified by:

parseObject in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

s - String

parsePosition - ParsePosition

Returns:

null always

format

public java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.lang.Object obj,
                                     java.lang.StringBuffer sb,
                                     java.text.FieldPosition fp)

Tag Format adjust tags to the selected length.

Specified by:

format in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

obj - Object

sb - StringBuffer

fp - FieldPosition

Returns:

a StringBuffer

mustShort

public static int mustShort(java.lang.String text,
                            int maxLength)

Returns the index we have to cut the text.

Parameters:

text - the input text

maxLength - the number of chars (uperCase) we can write.

Returns:

the index we have to cut the text

getCharacterSizeCount

public static int getCharacterSizeCount(char character)

Tells how much space uses a character in an HTML page.

Parameters:

character - the character to check.

Returns:

the space used to draw it (1 = minimum space).