/*

 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.

 *

 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as

 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided

 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.

 *

 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT

 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or

 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License

 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that

 * accompanied this code).

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version

 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,

 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

 *

 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA

 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any

 * questions.

 */

package java.util;

/**

 * FomattableFlags are passed to the {@link Formattable#formatTo

 * Formattable.formatTo()} method and modify the output format for {@linkplain

 * Formattable Formattables}.  Implementations of {@link Formattable} are

 * responsible for interpreting and validating any flags.

 *

 * @since  1.5

 */

public class FormattableFlags {

    // Explicit instantiation of this class is prohibited.

    private FormattableFlags() {}

    /**

     * Left-justifies the output.  Spaces (<tt>'&#92;u0020'</tt>) will be added

     * at the end of the converted value as required to fill the minimum width

     * of the field.  If this flag is not set then the output will be

     * right-justified.

     *

     * <p> This flag corresponds to <tt>'-'</tt> (<tt>'&#92;u002d'</tt>) in

     * the format specifier.

     */

    public static final int LEFT_JUSTIFY = 1<<0; // '-'

    /**

     * Converts the output to upper case according to the rules of the

     * {@linkplain java.util.Locale locale} given during creation of the

     * <tt>formatter</tt> argument of the {@link Formattable#formatTo

     * formatTo()} method.  The output should be equivalent the following

     * invocation of {@link String#toUpperCase(java.util.Locale)}

     *

     * <pre>

     *     out.toUpperCase() </pre>

     *

     * <p> This flag corresponds to <tt>'S'</tt> (<tt>'&#92;u0053'</tt>) in

     * the format specifier.

     */

    public static final int UPPERCASE = 1<<1;    // 'S'

    /**

     * Requires the output to use an alternate form.  The definition of the

     * form is specified by the <tt>Formattable</tt>.

     *

     * <p> This flag corresponds to <tt>'#'</tt> (<tt>'&#92;u0023'</tt>) in

     * the format specifier.

     */

    public static final int ALTERNATE = 1<<2;    // '#'

}