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 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
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package org.apache.commons.lang.text;

import java.text.FieldPosition;
import java.text.Format;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.ParsePosition;

/**
 * Formats using one formatter and parses using a different formatter.
 * An example of use for this would be a webapp where data is taken in one way
 * and stored in a database another way.
 *
 * @author Archimedes Trajano
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public class CompositeFormat extends Format {

    /**
     * Required for serialization support.
     * 
     * @see java.io.Serializable
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4329119827877627683L;

    /** The parser to use. */
    private final Format parser;
    /** The formatter to use. */
    private final Format formatter;

    /**
     * Create a format that points its parseObject method to one implementation 
     * and its format method to another. 
     *
     * @param parser implementation
     * @param formatter implementation
     */
    public CompositeFormat(Format parser, Format formatter) {
        this.parser = parser;
        this.formatter = formatter;
    }

    /**
     * Uses the formatter Format instance. 
     *
     * @see Format#format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
     */
    public StringBuffer format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos) {
        return formatter.format(obj,toAppendTo,pos);
    }

    /**
     * Uses the parser Format instance. 
     *
     * @see Format#parseObject(String, ParsePosition)
     */
    public Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos) {
        return parser.parseObject(source,pos);
    }

    /**
     * Provides access to the parser Format implementation. 
     *
     * @return parser Format implementation
     */
    public Format getParser() {
        return this.parser;
    }

    /**
     * Provides access to the parser Format implementation. 
     *
     * @return formatter Format implementation
     */
    public Format getFormatter() {
        return this.formatter;
    }

    /**
     * Utility method to parse and then reformat a String. 
     * 
     * @param input String to reformat
     * @return A reformatted String
     * @throws ParseException thrown by parseObject(String) call
     */
    public String reformat(String input) throws ParseException {
        return format(parseObject(input));
    }

}