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91 <DT>public interface <B>FormatFactory</B></DL>
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94 Format factory.
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99 <DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
100 <DD>2.4</DD>
101 <DT><B>Version:</B></DT>
102 <DD>$Id: FormatFactory.java 634088 2008-03-06 00:06:05Z niallp $</DD>
103 <DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
104 <DD>Niall Pemberton</DD>
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128 <CODE>&nbsp;java.text.Format</CODE></FONT></TD>
129 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/text/FormatFactory.html#getFormat(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Locale)">getFormat</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
130 java.lang.String&nbsp;arguments,
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134 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create or retrieve a format instance.</TD>
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157 getFormat</H3>
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159 public java.text.Format <B>getFormat</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
160 java.lang.String&nbsp;arguments,
161 java.util.Locale&nbsp;locale)</PRE>
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163 <DD>Create or retrieve a format instance.
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166 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - The format type name<DD><CODE>arguments</CODE> - Arguments used to create the format instance. This allows the
167 <code>FormatFactory</code> to implement the "format style"
168 concept from <code>java.text.MessageFormat</code>.<DD><CODE>locale</CODE> - The locale, may be null
169 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The format instance</DL>
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