| /* |
| * Copyright 2006 Google Inc. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not |
| * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of |
| * the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT |
| * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the |
| * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under |
| * the License. |
| */ |
| package com.google.gwt.dev.util.msg; |
| |
| /** |
| * Abstract formatter used by {@link Message}. |
| */ |
| public abstract class Formatter { |
| |
| /** |
| * Transforms the specified object into a string format. |
| * |
| * @param toFormat the object to format; the caller is responsible for |
| * ensuring that the type of the passed-in object is the type expected |
| * by the subclass |
| * |
| * @throws ClassCastException if <code>toFormat</code> is not of the type expected by the subclass |
| */ |
| public abstract String format(Object toFormat); |
| } |