net.time4j.format

Class DisplayElement<V extends Comparable<V>>

java.lang.Object

net.time4j.engine.BasicElement<V>

net.time4j.format.DisplayElement<V>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparator<ChronoDisplay>, ChronoElement<V>

public abstract class DisplayElement<V extends Comparable<V>>
extends BasicElement<V>

Standard element which offers localized names for display purposes (in most cases).

The implementation looks up the CLDR format symbol of the element and then associate it with the suitable i18n-resources. Supported symbols are: G (era), u/y/Y (year), Q (quarter), M (month), d (day-of-month), E (weekday), h/H/k/K (hour), m (minute), s (second).

Since:

3.22/4.18

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDisplayName(Locale language) Obtains a localized name for display purposes if possible.

Methods inherited from class net.time4j.engine.BasicElement

compare, equals, getSymbol, hashCode, isLenient, isLocal, name, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.time4j.engine.ChronoElement

getDefaultMaximum, getDefaultMinimum, getType, isDateElement, isTimeElement

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Method Detail

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName(Locale language)

Description copied from interface: ChronoElement

Obtains a localized name for display purposes if possible.

Most elements have no localized names, but in case the i18n-module is loaded then elements like eras, years, quarters, months, weeks, day-of-month, day-of-week, am/pm, hour, minute and second do have localization support. The default implementation falls back to the technical element name.

Note that the displayed name does not need to be unique for different elements. For example the localized names of PlainDate.MONTH_OF_YEAR and PlainDate.MONTH_AS_NUMBER are equal.

Parameters:

language - language setting

Returns:

localized name or if not available then a technical name will be chosen