haiku/docs/user/locale/DurationFormat.dox
Adrien Destugues c647837666 * Add some details on how the Locale and the formater classes relate and which
one one should use.
 * Add documentation for BDurationFormat.


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/*
* Copyright 2011, Haiku. All rights reserved.
* Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
*
* Authors:
* Adrien Destugues, pulkomandy@pulkomandy.ath.cx
*
* Corresponds to:
* /trunk/headers/os/locale/DurationFormat.h rev 42944
* /trunk/src/kits/locale/DurationFormat.cpp rev 42944
*/
/*!
\class BDurationFormat
\ingroup locale
\brief Formatter for time interfals
BDurationFormat is a formatter for time intervals. A time interval is defined
by its start and end values, and the result is a string such as
"1 hour, 2 minutes, 28 seconds".
*/
/*!
\fn BDurationFormat::BDurationFormat(const BString& separator)
\brief Constructor.
\warning Creating a BDurationFormat is a costly operation. Most of the time,
you most likely want to use the default one through the BLocale class.
The separator string will be appended between the elements of formated
durations.
*/
/*!
\fn void BDurationFormat::SetSeparator(cosnt BString& separator)
\brief Replace the spearator for this formatter.
*/
/*!
\fn status_t BDurationForamt::SetLocale(const BLocale* locale)
\brief Sets the locale for this formatter.
*/
/*!
\fn status_t BDurationFormat::Format(bigtime_t startValue,
bigtime_t endValue, BString* buffer, time_unit_style = B_TIME_UNIT_FULL)
const;
\brief Formats a duration defined by its start and end values.
The start and end values are in milliseconds. The result is appeded to the
buffer. The full time style uses full words (hours, minuts, seconds), while the
shot one uses units (h, m, s).
*/