fuel/fuel/core/classes/format.php
public static function forge($data = null, $from_type = null, $param = null)
	{
		return new static($data, $from_type, $param);
	}
public static function forge($data = null, $from_type = null, $param = null)
	{
		return new static($data, $from_type, $param);
	}
public static function forge ( $ data = null , $ from_type = null , $ param = null ) { return new static ( $ data , $ from_type , $ param ) ; }
Returns an instance of the Format object.

echo Format::forge(array('foo' => 'bar'))->to_xml();

@param   mixed  general date to be converted
@param   string  data format the file was provided in
@param   mixed  additional parameter that can be passed on to a 'from' method
@return  Format
Returns an instance of the Format object .