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

Package	mx.formatters
Class	public class SwitchSymbolFormatter
Inheritance	SwitchSymbolFormatter Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The SwitchSymbolFormatter class is a utility class that you can use when creating custom formatters. This class performs a substitution by replacing placeholder characters in one String with numbers from a second String.

For example, you specify the following information to the SwitchSymbolFormatter class:

Format String: "The SocialSecurity number is: ###-##-####"

Input String: "123456789"

The SwitchSymbolFormatter class parses the format String and replaces each placeholder character, by default the number character (#), with a number from the input String in the order in which the numbers are specified in the input String. You can define a different placeholder symbol by passing it to the constructor when you instantiate a SwitchSymbolFormatter object.

The output String created by the SwitchSymbolFormatter class from these two Strings is the following:

"The SocialSecurity number is: 123-45-6789"

The pattern can contain any characters as long as they are constant for all values of the numeric portion of the String. However, the value for formatting must be numeric.

The number of digits supplied in the source value must match the number of digits defined in the pattern String. This is the responsibility of the script calling the SwitchSymbolFormatter object.

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		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		SwitchSymbolFormatter(numberSymbol:String = "#") Constructor.	SwitchSymbolFormatter
		formatValue(format:String, source:Object):String Creates a new String by formatting the source String using the format pattern.	SwitchSymbolFormatter
		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

Constructor Detail

SwitchSymbolFormatter

()

Constructor

public function SwitchSymbolFormatter(numberSymbol:String = "#")

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Constructor.

Parameters

numberSymbol:String (default = "#") — Character to use as the pattern character.

Method Detail

formatValue

()

method

public function formatValue(format:String, source:Object):String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Creates a new String by formatting the source String using the format pattern.

Parameters

	`format:String` — String that defines the user-requested pattern including.

	`source:Object` — Valid number sequence (alpha characters are allowed if needed).

Returns

String

Examples How to use this example

SwitchSymbolFormatterExample.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Simple example to demonstrate SwitchSymbolFormatter. -->
<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[
            import mx.formatters.SwitchSymbolFormatter;
            import mx.events.ValidationResultEvent;

            private var vResult:ValidationResultEvent;

            // Event handler to validate and format input.
            private function Format():void {
                vResult = scVal.validate();

                if (vResult.type == ValidationResultEvent.VALID) {
                    var switcher:SwitchSymbolFormatter = new SwitchSymbolFormatter('#');
                    formattedSCNumber.text = switcher.formatValue("Formatted Social Securty number: ###-##-#### ", scNum.text);
                } else {
                    formattedSCNumber.text= "";
                }
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>

    <fx:Declarations>
        <mx:SocialSecurityValidator id="scVal" source="{scNum}" property="text"/>
    </fx:Declarations>

    <s:Panel title="SwitchSymbolFormatter Example"
            width="75%" height="75%"
            horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0">
        <s:VGroup left="10" right="10" top="10" bottom="10">
            <s:Label text="Enter a 9 digit Social Security number with no separator characters:" />
            <s:TextInput id="scNum" text="" maxChars="9" width="50%" />

            <s:Button label="Validate and Format" click="Format();" />
            <s:TextInput id="formattedSCNumber" editable="false" width="75%" />
        </s:VGroup>
    </s:Panel>

</s:Application>