All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingFormatSettingsManager, DefaultFormatSettingsManager, TestingFormatSettingsManager
```
@Transactional
public interface FormatSettingsManager
```
Persistent storage and retrieval of format settings. Implementations should return a default value if no configuration currently exists.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDateFormat()`	Returns the formatting pattern used for dates.
`String`	`getDateTimeFormat()`	Returns the formatting pattern used for date and time together.
`String`	`getDecimalNumberFormat()`	Returns the formatting pattern used for decimal numbers.
`String`	`getEditorBlogPostDate()`	Returns the date time format for the editor blog post date
`String`	`getLongNumberFormat()`	Returns the formatting pattern used for integer numbers.
`String`	`getTimeFormat()`	Returns the formatting pattern used for times.
`void`	`setDateFormat(String pattern)`	Stores the formatting pattern to be used for dates.
`void`	`setDateTimeFormat(String pattern)`	Stores the formatting pattern to be used for date and time together.
`void`	`setDecimalNumberFormat(String pattern)`	Stores the formatting pattern to be used for decimal numbers.
`void`	`setLongNumberFormat(String pattern)`	Stores the formatting pattern to be used for integer numbers.
`void`	`setTimeFormat(String pattern)`	Stores the formatting pattern to be used for times.

- Method Detail
  - getDateFormat
```
@Transactional(readOnly=true)
String getDateFormat()
```
    Returns the formatting pattern used for dates. Typically something like "d MMM, yyyy".
  - setDateFormat
```
void setDateFormat(String pattern)
```
    Stores the formatting pattern to be used for dates.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - a pattern compatible with SimpleDateFormat
  - getTimeFormat
```
@Transactional(readOnly=true)
String getTimeFormat()
```
    Returns the formatting pattern used for times. Typically something like "h:mm a".
  - setTimeFormat
```
void setTimeFormat(String pattern)
```
    Stores the formatting pattern to be used for times.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - a pattern compatible with SimpleDateFormat
  - getDateTimeFormat
```
@Transactional(readOnly=true)
String getDateTimeFormat()
```
    Returns the formatting pattern used for date and time together. Typically something like "d MMM, yyyy HH:mm".
  - setDateTimeFormat
```
void setDateTimeFormat(String pattern)
```
    Stores the formatting pattern to be used for date and time together.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - a pattern compatible with SimpleDateFormat
  - getLongNumberFormat
```
@Transactional(readOnly=true)
String getLongNumberFormat()
```
    Returns the formatting pattern used for integer numbers. Typically something like "###############".
  - setLongNumberFormat
```
void setLongNumberFormat(String pattern)
```
    Stores the formatting pattern to be used for integer numbers.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - a pattern compatible with DecimalFormat
  - getDecimalNumberFormat
```
@Transactional(readOnly=true)
String getDecimalNumberFormat()
```
    Returns the formatting pattern used for decimal numbers. Typically something like "###############.##########".
  - getEditorBlogPostDate
```
@Transactional(readOnly=true)
String getEditorBlogPostDate()
```
    Returns the date time format for the editor blog post date
  - setDecimalNumberFormat
```
void setDecimalNumberFormat(String pattern)
```
    Stores the formatting pattern to be used for decimal numbers.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - a pattern compatible with DecimalFormat

Interface FormatSettingsManager

Method Summary

Method Detail

getDateFormat

setDateFormat

getTimeFormat

setTimeFormat

getDateTimeFormat

setDateTimeFormat

getLongNumberFormat

setLongNumberFormat

getDecimalNumberFormat

getEditorBlogPostDate

setDecimalNumberFormat