3rdpartylibs/fastreports/Fast-Report/FastReport.Base/Format/FormatBase.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel;
using FastReport.Utils;

namespace FastReport.Format
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Base class for all formats.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// The format is used to format expression value in a <see cref="TextObject"/> object. 
    /// </remarks>
    [TypeConverter(typeof(FastReport.TypeConverters.FormatConverter))]
    public abstract class FormatBase : IFRSerializable
    {
        #region Properties
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the short format name (e.g. without a "Format" suffix).
        /// </summary>
        [Browsable(false)]
        public string Name
        {
            get { return GetType().Name.Replace("Format", ""); }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Public Methods
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates exact copy of this format.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The copy of this format.</returns>
        public abstract FormatBase Clone();

        /// <summary>
        /// Formats the specified value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">The value to format.</param>
        /// <returns>The string that represents the formatted value.</returns>
        public abstract string FormatValue(object value);

        internal abstract string GetSampleValue();

        internal virtual void Serialize(FRWriter writer, string prefix, FormatBase format)
        {
            if (format.GetType() != GetType())
                writer.WriteStr("Format", Name);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc/>
        public void Serialize(FRWriter writer)
        {
            writer.ItemName = GetType().Name;
            Serialize(writer, "", writer.DiffObject as FormatBase);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc/>
        public void Deserialize(FRReader reader)
        {
            reader.ReadProperties(this);
        }
        #endregion
    }
}