SystemDataFormatter (AristaFlow Business Process Platform API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSystemDataFormatter, BasicSystemDataFormatter, LongDateSystemDataFormatter, OrgPolicySystemDataFormatter
```
public interface SystemDataFormatter
```
Interface for classes that know how to properly format the values when replacing the parameter references in a specific SystemDataConsumer. Implementations of this interface MUST have a default (public parameterless) constructor.

Author:

Patrick Schmidt

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`format(String parameterisedString, Map<String,Serializable> parameterValues)`	Formats the given parameterised string according to the needs of the `SystemDataConsumer` it is used by.
`String`	`format(String parameterisedString, Map<String,Serializable> parameterValues, Locale locale)`	Formats the given parameterised string according to the needs of the `SystemDataConsumer` it is used by.

- Method Detail
  - format
```
String format(String parameterisedString,
              Map<String,Serializable> parameterValues)
```
    Formats the given parameterised string according to the needs of the SystemDataConsumer it is used by.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parameterisedString - the parameterised string to be formatted
    
    parameterValues - map containing values for all parameters referenced in the parameterised string
    
    Returns:
    
    the formatted string
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if a parameter value is missing or doesn't have the correct type (unless the formatter decides to handle these cases differently)
  - format
```
String format(String parameterisedString,
              Map<String,Serializable> parameterValues,
              Locale locale)
```
    Formats the given parameterised string according to the needs of the SystemDataConsumer it is used by.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parameterisedString - the parameterised string to be formatted
    
    parameterValues - map containing values for all parameters referenced in the parameterised string
    
    locale - the locale used to format the string; may be null
    
    Returns:
    
    the formatted string
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if a parameter value is missing or doesn't have the correct type (unless the formatter decides to handle these cases differently)