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Implements IFormatProvider, ICustomFormatter
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using System;
public class TestFormatter
{
public static void Main()
{
int acctNumber = 79203159;
Console.WriteLine(String.Format(new CustomerFormatter(), "{0}", acctNumber));
Console.WriteLine(String.Format(new CustomerFormatter(), "{0:G}", acctNumber));
try {
Console.WriteLine(String.Format(new CustomerFormatter(), "{0:X}", acctNumber));
}
catch (FormatException e) {
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
}
public class CustomerFormatter : IFormatProvider, ICustomFormatter
{
public object GetFormat(Type formatType)
{
if (formatType == typeof(ICustomFormatter))
return this;
else
return null;
}
public string Format(string format,object arg,IFormatProvider formatProvider)
{
if (! this.Equals(formatProvider))
{
return null;
}
else
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(format))
format = "G";
string customerString = arg.ToString();
if (customerString.Length < 8)
customerString = customerString.PadLeft(8, '0');
format = format.ToUpper();
switch (format)
{
case "G":
return customerString.Substring(0, 1) + "-" +
customerString.Substring(1, 5) + "-" +
customerString.Substring(6);
default:
throw new FormatException(String.Format("The '{0}' format specifier is not supported.", format));
}
}
}
}
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