Server properties classes that describe SAS formats. These classes are typically used for display purposes, to help the user determine which base format to use as a format for a data item.

Information about available SAS formats can be retrieved from a ServerProperties object by using one of the getSASFormatDescriptions() methods. The information provided by those methods comes from the knowledge-based configuration that SAS Query Services loads when the first server properties object is created in a Java Virtual Machine. @see com.sas.iquery.metadata.serverprop.ServerProperties#getSASFormatDescriptions() @see com.sas.iquery.metadata.serverprop.ServerProperties#getSASFormatDescriptions(SASFormatCategory)