IFormatProvider

IFormatProvider

CF 1.0, ECMA 1.0

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System (mscorlib.dll)

interface

This interface provides a way to retrieve an object that controls formatting through the GetFormat( ) method. For example, the System.Globalization.CultureInfo class can return a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object, a System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo object, or a null reference, depending on the supplied formatType parameter.

 public interface  IFormatProvider  {  // Public Instance Methods  public object  GetFormat  (Type   formatType   ); } 

Implemented By

System.Globalization.{CultureInfo , DateTimeFormatInfo , NumberFormatInfo}

Returned By

System.IO.TextWriter.FormatProvider

Passed To

Multiple types