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## org.joda.time.format
Class PeriodFormat

    java.lang.Object
      org.joda.time.format.PeriodFormat

    public class PeriodFormat

extends java.lang.Object

Factory that creates instances of PeriodFormatter.

Period formatting is performed by the `PeriodFormatter` class. Three classes provide factory methods to create formatters, and this is one. The others are `ISOPeriodFormat` and `PeriodFormatterBuilder`.

PeriodFormat is thread-safe and immutable, and the formatters it returns are as well.

Since:
  1.0
Author:
  Brian S O'Neill
See Also:
  `ISOPeriodFormat`, `PeriodFormatterBuilder`

Constructor Summary
`protected` | `PeriodFormat()` Constructor.

Method Summary
`static PeriodFormatter` | `getDefault()` Gets the default PeriodFormatter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### PeriodFormat

    protected PeriodFormat()

  Constructor.

  Since:
    1.1 (previously private)

Method Detail

### getDefault

    public static PeriodFormatter getDefault()

  Gets the default PeriodFormatter.

  This currently returns a word based formatter using English only. Hopefully future release will support localized period formatting.

  Returns:
    the formatter

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