be.SIRAPRISE.util

Class MyFixedLengthFormatter

java.lang.Object

be.SIRAPRISE.util.MyFixedLengthFormatter

public final class MyFixedLengthFormatter
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class with some formatting methods to produce fixed-length character and/or number strings

Author:

Erwin

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	appendBlanks(int length, java.lang.String buffer) Appends blanks to a String such that the string length becomes equal to a given length
static void	appendBlanks(int length, java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)
static void	appendZeroes(int length, java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)
static java.lang.String	prependBlanks(int length, java.lang.String buffer) Prepends a specified number of blanks to a String
static java.lang.String	prependZeroes(int length, java.lang.String buffer)
static void	prependZeroes(int length, java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

appendBlanks

public static java.lang.String appendBlanks(int length,
                                            java.lang.String buffer)

Appends blanks to a String such that the string length becomes equal to a given length

Parameters:

length - The length that the string has to become

buffer - The string value to which blanks have to be appended

Returns:

the input string padded with blanks

appendBlanks

public static void appendBlanks(int length,
                                java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)

Parameters:

length - the length to pad the buffer to

buffer - the buffer to pad with blanks

appendZeroes

public static void appendZeroes(int length,
                                java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)

Parameters:

length - the total length that the number must have after formatting

buffer - the number to be formatted

prependBlanks

public static java.lang.String prependBlanks(int length,
                                             java.lang.String buffer)

Prepends a specified number of blanks to a String

Parameters:

length - The number of blanks to prepend

buffer - The buffer where blanks have to be prepended

Returns:

the input string padded with blanks

prependZeroes

public static java.lang.String prependZeroes(int length,
                                             java.lang.String buffer)

Parameters:

length - the total length that the number must have after formatting

buffer - the number to be formatted

Returns:

the input string prepended with zeroes

prependZeroes

public static void prependZeroes(int length,
                                 java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)

Parameters:

length - the total length that the number must have after formatting

buffer - the number to be formatted