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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun 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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.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>'^'</tt> (<tt>'&#92;u005e'</tt>) in
+     * the format specifier.
+     */
+    public static final int UPPERCASE = 1<<1;    // '^'
+
+    /**
+     * 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;    // '#'
+}