org.goda.time.format

Interface DateTimePrinter

public interface DateTimePrinter

Internal interface for creating textual representations of datetimes.

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

The factory classes are:
- DateTimeFormatterBuilder
- DateTimeFormat
- ISODateTimeFormat

Since:

1.0

Author:

Brian S O'Neill, Stephen Colebourne

See Also:

DateTimeFormatterBuilder, DateTimeFormat, ISODateTimeFormat

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	estimatePrintedLength() Returns the expected maximum number of characters produced.
void	printTo(StringBuffer buf, long instant, Chronology chrono, int displayOffset, DateTimeZone displayZone, Locale locale) Prints an instant from milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z, using the given Chronology.
void	printTo(StringBuffer buf, ReadablePartial partial, Locale locale) Prints a ReadablePartial.

Method Detail

estimatePrintedLength

int estimatePrintedLength()

Returns the expected maximum number of characters produced. The actual amount should rarely exceed this estimate.

Returns:

the estimated length

printTo

void printTo(StringBuffer buf,
           long instant,
           Chronology chrono,
           int displayOffset,
           DateTimeZone displayZone,
           Locale locale)

Prints an instant from milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z, using the given Chronology.

Parameters:

buf - formatted instant is appended to this buffer, not null

instant - millis since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

chrono - the chronology to use, not null

displayOffset - if a time zone offset is printed, force it to use this millisecond value

displayZone - the time zone to use, null means local time

locale - the locale to use, null means default locale

printTo

void printTo(StringBuffer buf,
           ReadablePartial partial,
           Locale locale)

Prints a ReadablePartial.

Parameters:

buf - formatted partial is appended to this buffer, not null

partial - partial to format, not null

locale - the locale to use, null means default locale