Format (The Adobe Experience Manager SDK 2021.8.5705.20210810T082946Z-210700)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.felix.inventory.Format

```
public final class Format
extends Object
```
Java 1.4 compatible enumeration of formats used for inventory printing.
InventoryPrinter services indicate supported formats listing any of these values in their InventoryPrinter.FORMAT service properties.
Requestors of inventory printing indicate the desired output format by specifying the respective constant when calling the InventoryPrinter.print(java.io.PrintWriter, Format, boolean) method.
Round-tripping is guaranteed between the toString() and valueOf(String) methods.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static Format`	`HTML`	Inventory is printed in HTML format.
`static Format`	`JSON`	Inventory is printed in JSON format.
`static Format`	`TEXT`	Inventory is printed in plain text format.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`toString()`	Returns the string value of this format.
`static Format`	`valueOf(String format)`	Converts the given `format` string into an instance of this class.

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

- Field Detail
  - TEXT
```
public static Format TEXT
```
    Inventory is printed in plain text format.
  - HTML
```
public static Format HTML
```
    Inventory is printed in HTML format.
    Technically the output is expected to be an HTML fragment which is intended to be inserted into any block element, such as <div>, within a HTML <body>.
  - JSON
```
public static Format JSON
```
    Inventory is printed in JSON format.
    The output is expected to be a valid JSON object. That is, the output must start with an opening curly brace ({) and end with a closing curly brace (}).
- Method Detail
  - valueOf
```
public static Format valueOf(String format)
```
    Converts the given format string into an instance of this class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    format - The string value to be converted into a Format.
    
    Returns:
    
    One of the defined Format constants or null.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns the string value of this format.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object