com.sun.tools.javac.api
Interface Formattable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Formattable.LocalizedString, Kinds.KindName, Token

public interface Formattable

This interface must be implemented by any javac class that has non-trivial formatting needs (e.g. where toString() does not apply because of localization).

Nested Class Summary

static class

Formattable.LocalizedString

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getKind() Retrieve a pretty name of this object's kind
java.lang.String	toString(java.util.Locale locale, Messages messages) Used to obtain a localized String representing the object accordingly to a given locale

Method Detail

toString

java.lang.String toString(java.util.Locale locale,
                          Messages messages)

Used to obtain a localized String representing the object accordingly to a given locale

Parameters:

locale - locale in which the object's representation is to be rendered

messages - messages object used for localization

Returns:

a locale-dependent string representing the object

getKind

java.lang.String getKind()

Retrieve a pretty name of this object's kind

Returns:

a string representing the object's kind