A filter that creates string from dates. This filter will format java.util. Date
objects using a java.text.DateFormat to create the string representation for the date
obtained from the datasource.
If the object read from the datasource is no date, the NullValue defined by
setNullValue(Object) is returned.
author: Thomas Morgner See Also:java.text.DateFormat
Sets the formatter.
Parameters: format - The format. throws: ClassCastException - if the format given is no DateFormat throws: NullPointerException - if the format given is null
Methods inherited from org.jfree.report.filter.FormatFilter