Syntax

	$format.format($value1,...)

Description

Formats the given objects in the specified format. If more than one value is given, the format is called with an array of these values as argument (useful for messageFormat()).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Mandatory	Default
format	Business object	The format to be used (e.g. Number format, Date format or Message format)	yes
value	Business object	The object to be formatted.	yes

Return value

Type: String

A string representing the object in the given format.

Examples

Number format

	numberFormat("###,###.###").format(123456.59874)

Output: 123.456,599

See Number format

Date format

	dateFormat("dd-MM-yy").format(date(2012, 11, 5))

Output: 05-12-2012

See Date format

Message Format

	messageFormat("Good {0}, {1}! Today we have {2} degrees.").format("Morning", "Sir", 19)

Output: Good Morning Sir! Today we have 19 degrees.

Multiple values for format() are supplied here so that they can all be inserted into the placeholders in MessageFormat. See Message format.