Implemented by classes that supply objects that provide formatting services. [Edit]

See Also: IFormatProvider Members

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)] public interface IFormatProvider

Remarks

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When a format specifier includes symbols that vary by culture, such as the currency symbol included by the "C" and "c" formats, a formatting object supplies the actual characters used in a string representation of a numeric value. For example, a formatting object might supply "$" for the currency symbol. The formatting object for system-supplied numeric types is a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo instance. For DateTime instances, a System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo is used.

IFormatProvider contains the IFormatProvider.GetFormat(Type) method. The consumer of an object should call this method to obtain a formatting object.

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Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0