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Parse format specifications and format values using the specified `tt_SPECIFIER_FORMATTER` template class.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_formatter.h>`

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----
template<
    template<typename> typename tt_SPECIFIER_FORMATTER,
    class t_CHAR>
class Formatter;
----

== Description

Each type to be formatted has its own specifier formatter class. The `t_CHAR` template parameter must be `char` or `wchar_t`.

== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Formatter/2constructor.adoc[`Formatter`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Default‐construct an object.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Formatter/format.adoc[`format`] 
| Write `value` formatted to `formatContext.out()`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Formatter/parse.adoc[`parse`] 
| Parse the input and arguments specified by `context` and return an iterator pointing after the end of parsed input.
|===



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