Creating a Formatter

The simplest way to get started with the Formatter class is to create a new instance of it.

Below are Formatter constructors

 // No-args version -- not particularly useful

 public Formatter( );

 // Basically, the no-args version with a locale

 public Formatter(Locale l);

 // Creates a formatter with the supplied destination (sink)

 public Formatter(Appendable a);

 // Creates a formatter with the destination, using the supplied locale

 public Formatter(Appendable a, Locale l);

 // Creates a new formatter with the filename as the sink

 public Formatter(String fileName);

 // Creates a new formatter with a file as the sink, using the specified charset

 public Formatter(String fileName, String csn);

 // Same as above, but with a locale

 public Formatter(String fileName, String csn, Locale l); 

Ccreate a Formatter targeted at a StringBuilder:

 StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( );
 Formatter formatter = new Formatter(sb, Locale.FRANCE);