Package eu.bandm.tools.format.spi

Interface FormatClient

All Known Implementing Classes:
Automaton, Automaton.State, Behavior, CodePointMap, DAutomaton, NAutomaton, TokenFragment, ZAutomaton
Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
@FunctionalInterface public interface FormatClient
Implementations have the capability to represent objects in a human-readable, pretty-printable way.

This interface can be implemented by a business class; then each object should represent itself. Alternatively, lambdas can use this interface as their target type; they function as delegates that represent other objects.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    <F> F
    format(FormatServer<F> server)
    Represent this or the underlying object in a human-readable, pretty-printable way.

  • Method Details

    • format

      <F> F format(FormatServer<F> server)
      Represent this or the underlying object in a human-readable, pretty-printable way.
      Type Parameters:
      F - the type of format objects to produce
      Parameters:
      server - a factory object that can produce format objects
      Returns:
      a format object produced by the server