+ return isValidFormat(format, false);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * validate format is valid for IO
+ *
+ * @param format
+ * a format string to be compared with either READABLE_FORMATS
+ * or WRITEABLE_FORMATS
+ * @param forwriting
+ * when true, format is checked for containment in
+ * WRITEABLE_FORMATS
+ * @return true if format is valid
+ */
+ public static final boolean isValidFormat(String format,
+ boolean forwriting)
+ {