FormatUtil (htsjdk 2.8.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- htsjdk.samtools.util.FormatUtil

```
public class FormatUtil
extends java.lang.Object
```
Simple class used to format object values into a standard format for printing.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field and Description

static int DECIMAL_DIGITS_TO_PRINT

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`DECIMAL_DIGITS_TO_PRINT`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

FormatUtil()
Constructs a new FormatUtil and initializes various internal formatters.

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`FormatUtil()` Constructs a new FormatUtil and initializes various internal formatters.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`java.lang.String`	`format(boolean value)` Formats a boolean value to a String.
`java.lang.String`	`format(char value)` Formats a char as a string.
`java.lang.String`	`format(java.util.Date value)` Formats a date to a date string without time.
`java.lang.String`	`format(double value)` Formats a double to a floating point string.
`java.lang.String`	`format(java.lang.Enum value)` Formats an enum to the String representation of an enum.
`java.lang.String`	`format(float value)` Formats a float to a floating point string.
`java.lang.String`	`format(int value)` Formats an int to an integer string.
`java.lang.String`	`format(Iso8601Date value)` Formats date & time
`java.lang.String`	`format(long value)` Formats a long to an integer string.
`java.lang.String`	`format(java.lang.Object value)` Attempts to determine the type of value and format it appropriately.
`java.lang.String`	`format(short value)` Formats a short to an integer string.
`boolean`	`parseBoolean(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a boolean, as per the above convention that true = Y and false = N.
`char`	`parseChar(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a char.
`java.util.Date`	`parseDate(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a date.
`double`	`parseDouble(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a double.
`<E extends java.lang.Enum> E`	`parseEnum(java.lang.String value, java.lang.Class<E> type)` Parses a String into an Enum of the given type.
`float`	`parseFloat(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a float.
`int`	`parseInt(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into an int.
`Iso8601Date`	`parseIso8601Date(java.lang.String value)` Parse a String into an Iso8601 Date
`long`	`parseLong(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a long.
`java.lang.Object`	`parseObject(java.lang.String value, java.lang.Class<?> returnType)` Attempts to determine the correct parse method to call based on the desired return type and then parses the String and returns the value.
`short`	`parseShort(java.lang.String value)` Parses a String into a short.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - DECIMAL_DIGITS_TO_PRINT
```
public static final int DECIMAL_DIGITS_TO_PRINT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - FormatUtil
```
public FormatUtil()
```
    Constructs a new FormatUtil and initializes various internal formatters. This is necessary because SimpleDateFormat and other formatters are not threadsafe.
- Method Detail
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(short value)
```
    Formats a short to an integer string.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(int value)
```
    Formats an int to an integer string.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(long value)
```
    Formats a long to an integer string.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(float value)
```
    Formats a float to a floating point string.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(double value)
```
    Formats a double to a floating point string.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(char value)
```
    Formats a char as a string.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Enum value)
```
    Formats an enum to the String representation of an enum.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date value)
```
    Formats a date to a date string without time.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(Iso8601Date value)
```
    Formats date & time
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(boolean value)
```
    Formats a boolean value to a String.
  - format
```
public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object value)
```
    Attempts to determine the type of value and format it appropriately.
  - parseShort
```
public short parseShort(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a short.
  - parseInt
```
public int parseInt(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into an int.
  - parseLong
```
public long parseLong(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a long.
  - parseFloat
```
public float parseFloat(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a float.
  - parseDouble
```
public double parseDouble(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a double.
  - parseEnum
```
public <E extends java.lang.Enum> E parseEnum(java.lang.String value,
                                              java.lang.Class<E> type)
```
    Parses a String into an Enum of the given type.
  - parseDate
```
public java.util.Date parseDate(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a date.
  - parseIso8601Date
```
public Iso8601Date parseIso8601Date(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parse a String into an Iso8601 Date
  - parseBoolean
```
public boolean parseBoolean(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a boolean, as per the above convention that true = Y and false = N.
  - parseChar
```
public char parseChar(java.lang.String value)
```
    Parses a String into a char. We expect the String to have a length of exactly one, otherwise throw an exception.
  - parseObject
```
public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.String value,
                                    java.lang.Class<?> returnType)
```
    Attempts to determine the correct parse method to call based on the desired return type and then parses the String and returns the value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the String value to be parsed
    
    returnType - the desired return type
    
    Returns:
    
    an object of the returnType

Class FormatUtil

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

DECIMAL_DIGITS_TO_PRINT

Constructor Detail

FormatUtil

Method Detail

format

format

format

format

format

format

format

format

format

format

format

parseShort

parseInt

parseLong

parseFloat

parseDouble

parseEnum

parseDate

parseIso8601Date

parseBoolean

parseChar

parseObject