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This `class` does parsing and output of sequences whose corresponding output is independent of the type and value of the object being formatted.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_literal_specifierformatter.h>`

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template<class t_CHAR>
class Literal_SpecifierFormatter;
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== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Literal_SpecifierFormatter/2constructor.adoc[`Literal_SpecifierFormatter`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Create an object with `totalWidth` set to 0.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Literal_SpecifierFormatter/formatNextSpecifier.adoc[`formatNextSpecifier`] 
| Examine the front character of the specified `spec`. If that character matches any of those recognized by this specifier formatter, perform the sort of output indicated by that character off of `spec` and return `true`, otherwise return `false`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Literal_SpecifierFormatter/parseNextSpecifier.adoc[`parseNextSpecifier`] 
| Parse the front character of the specified `spec`. If that character matches any of those recognized by this specifier formatter, increment `d_totalWidth`, pop the first character off of `spec` and return `true`, otherwise return `false`. The behavior is undefined if `*spec` is empty.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Literal_SpecifierFormatter/totalWidth.adoc[`totalWidth`] 
| Return the total width of the output anticipated from all the previous calls to `parseNextSpecifier`.
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