Formatter (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFormatter, LineFormatter, TabularFormatter
```
public interface Formatter
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addData(String id, Object obj)`	Adds the specified object to the data to be formatted.
`void`	`clear()`	Clears this formatter of any data that has been added for formatting.
`String`	`formatData()`	Formats the data that has been added to this Formatter.
`String`	`getDelimiter()`	Gets the delimiter used by this Formatter.
`FormatType`	`getFormatType()`	Gets the type associated with this Formatter.
`String`	`getHeader()`	Gets the header, if any, approriate to this formatter.
`void`	`setDelimiter(String delimiter)`	Sets the delimiter used by this formatter.

- Method Detail
  - getDelimiter
```
String getDelimiter()
```
    Gets the delimiter used by this Formatter.
    
    Returns:
  - setDelimiter
```
void setDelimiter(String delimiter)
```
    Sets the delimiter used by this formatter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    delimiter -
  - getHeader
```
String getHeader()
```
    Gets the header, if any, approriate to this formatter.
    
    Returns:
    
    the heaader, if any, approriate to this formatter.
  - clear
```
void clear()
```
    Clears this formatter of any data that has been added for formatting.
  - addData
```
void addData(String id,
             Object obj)
```
    Adds the specified object to the data to be formatted.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the id of the data to add
    
    obj - the object to add
  - formatData
```
String formatData()
```
    Formats the data that has been added to this Formatter.
    
    Returns:
    
    the formatted data.
  - getFormatType
```
FormatType getFormatType()
```
    Gets the type associated with this Formatter.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type associated with this Formatter.