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IllegalFormatFlagsException
The combination of flags was invalid.
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IllegalFormatPrecisionException
The precision value was invalid, or
the conversion does not support a precision value.
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IllegalFormatWidthException
The width value was invalid, or the
conversion does not support a width value.
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MissingFormatArgumentException
No argument was supplied in the
position expected by a conversion modifier.
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MissingFormatWidthException
No width was specified when it was
required.
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UnknownFormatConversionException
A format's conversion indicator
was not known.
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UnknownFormatFlagsExceptions
An unknown flag was given.
22.1.8. The
Formatter
Class
A
Formatter
object is always associated with some object that is the des-
tination for the formatted text produced by the formatter. By default the
destination is a
StringBuilder
. The other destination objects that can be
passed to the various constructors are
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An arbitrary
Appendable
object. This is any object to which charac-
methods defined by
Appendable
.
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A file, specified either as a
File
object or a string representing the
file name
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An
OutputStream
The constructors for the byte-oriented destinations (files and output
streams) either work with the platform's default encoding or take an
additional string parameter that represents the character set encoding
