| /* |
| ****************************************************************************** |
| * Copyright (C) 2007, International Business Machines Corporation and * |
| * others. All Rights Reserved. * |
| ****************************************************************************** |
| */ |
| |
| package com.ibm.icu.impl.duration; |
| |
| /** |
| * Formats a Period, such as '2 hours 23 minutes'. |
| * The Period defines the fields to format and their |
| * values, and the formatter defines how to format them. |
| * <p> |
| * PeriodFormatters are immutable. |
| * <p> |
| * PeriodFormatter can be instantiated using a PeriodFormatterFactory. |
| * |
| * @see Period |
| * @see PeriodBuilder |
| * @see PeriodFormatterFactory |
| */ |
| public interface PeriodFormatter { |
| /** |
| * Format a Period. |
| * |
| * @param ts the Period to format |
| * @return the formatted time |
| */ |
| String format(Period period); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a new PeriodFormatter with the same customizations but |
| * using data for a new locale. Some locales impose limits on the |
| * fields that can be directly formatter. |
| * |
| * @param localeName the name of the new locale |
| * @return a new formatter for the given locale |
| */ |
| PeriodFormatter withLocale(String localeName); |
| } |
