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package com.codename1.l10n;
/**
* An abstract class for parsing and formatting localisation sensitive information, compatible with JDK 6.
*
* @see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/Format.html
* @author Eric Coolman
*/
public abstract class Format implements Cloneable {
/**
* Format an object.
*
* @param source object to be formatted to text.
* @return formatted text.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the source can not be formatted.
*/
public abstract String format(Object source) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Parse a string to an object.
*
* @param source document to be parsed.
* @return parsed object.
* @throws ParseException if the source could not be parsed.
*/
public abstract Object parseObject(String source) throws ParseException;
}