mx.formatters.Formatter - Adobe® Flex® 4 Language Reference (Flex 4)

Package	mx.formatters
Class	public class Formatter
Inheritance	Formatter Object
Subclasses	CurrencyFormatter, DateFormatter, NumberFormatter, PhoneFormatter, ZipCodeFormatter

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The Formatter class is the base class for all data formatters. Any subclass of Formatter must override the format() method.

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The Formatter class defines the following tag attributes, which all of its subclasses inherit:

  <mx:tagname
    Properties
    error=""
  />

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See also

Creating a custom formatter

Public Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		defaultInvalidFormatError : String [static] Error message for an invalid format string specified to the formatter.	Formatter
		defaultInvalidValueError : String [static] Error messages for an invalid value specified to the formatter.	Formatter
		error : String Description saved by the formatter when an error occurs.	Formatter
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object

Protected Properties

	Property		Defined By
		resourceManager : IResourceManager [read-only] A reference to the object which manages all of the application's localized resources.	Formatter

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		Formatter() Constructor.	Formatter
		format(value:Object):String Formats a value and returns a String containing the new, formatted, value.	Formatter
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

Protected Methods

	Method		Defined By
		resourcesChanged():void This method is called when a Formatter is constructed, and again whenever the ResourceManager dispatches a "change" Event to indicate that the localized resources have changed in some way.	Formatter

Property Detail

defaultInvalidFormatError

property

defaultInvalidFormatError:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Error message for an invalid format string specified to the formatter.

The default value is "Invalid format".

Implementation
public static function get defaultInvalidFormatError():String
public static function set defaultInvalidFormatError(value:String):void

defaultInvalidValueError

property

defaultInvalidValueError:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Error messages for an invalid value specified to the formatter.

The default value is "Invalid value".

Implementation
public static function get defaultInvalidValueError():String
public static function set defaultInvalidValueError(value:String):void

error

property

public var error:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Description saved by the formatter when an error occurs. For the possible values of this property, see the description of each formatter.

Subclasses must set this value in the format() method.

resourceManager

property

resourceManager:IResourceManager [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

A reference to the object which manages all of the application's localized resources. This is a singleton instance which implements the IResourceManager interface.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the unused event.

Implementation
protected function get resourceManager():IResourceManager

Constructor Detail

Formatter

()

Constructor

public function Formatter()

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Constructor.

Method Detail

format

()

method

public function format(value:Object):String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Formats a value and returns a String containing the new, formatted, value. All subclasses must override this method to implement the formatter.

Parameters

value:Object — Value to be formatted.

Returns

String — The formatted string.

resourcesChanged

()

method

protected function resourcesChanged():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

This method is called when a Formatter is constructed, and again whenever the ResourceManager dispatches a "change" Event to indicate that the localized resources have changed in some way.

This event will be dispatched when you set the ResourceManager's localeChain property, when a resource module has finished loading, and when you call the ResourceManager's update() method.

Subclasses should override this method and, after calling super.resourcesChanged(), do whatever is appropriate in response to having new resource values.

Examples How to use this example

SimpleFormatterExample.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Simple example to demonstrate the Formatter class. -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">

    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            // Event handler to format the input.
            private function Format():void {
                // The format() method returns the formatted String,
                // or an empty String if there is an error.
                var formattedVal:String = numberFormatter.format(inputVal.text);

                if (formattedVal.length == 0) {
                    // If there is an error, the Format.error property 
                    // contains the reason.
                    formattedNumber.text = numberFormatter.error;
                } else {
                    formattedNumber.text = formattedVal;
                }
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>

    <fx:Declarations>
        <mx:NumberFormatter id="numberFormatter" />
    </fx:Declarations>

    <s:Panel title="NumberFormatter Example"
            width="75%" height="75%"
            horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0">
        <mx:Form left="10" right="10" top="10" bottom="10">
            <mx:FormItem label="Enter number - a letter is invalid:">
                <s:TextInput id="inputVal" text="" width="75%"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Formatted number: ">
                <s:TextInput id="formattedNumber" editable="false" width="75%"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem>
                <s:Button label="Validate and Format" click="Format();"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </s:Panel>

</s:Application>