def formatRecordName(self, objname):
raise NotImplementedError('<STR_LIT>')<EOL>
Convert a record name into a record reference.

**abstract method**

The term *record reference* refers to the address of the record in the store
as it can be natively understood by the underlying store.

Arguments:

    objname (str): record/object name.

Returns:

    any: record reference for use in all *peek*/*poke* methods except
        the main :meth:`peek` and :meth:`poke` methods.

See also :meth:`strRecord`.