Class DecimalFormatSymbols

• java.lang.Object
• • java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class DecimalFormatSymbols
extends Object
implements Cloneable, Serializable

This class represents the set of symbols (such as the decimal separator, the grouping separator, and so on) needed by DecimalFormat to format numbers. DecimalFormat creates for itself an instance of DecimalFormatSymbols from its locale data. If you need to change any of these symbols, you can get the DecimalFormatSymbols object from your DecimalFormat and modify it.

See Also:

Locale, DecimalFormat, Serialized Form

Constructors

DecimalFormatSymbols

public DecimalFormatSymbols()

See Also:

Locale.getDefault(java.util.Locale.Category), Locale.Category.FORMAT

DecimalFormatSymbols

public DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale locale)

Create a DecimalFormatSymbols object for the given locale. This constructor can only construct instances for the locales supported by the Java runtime environment, not for those supported by installed DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider implementations. For full locale coverage, use the getInstance method. If the specified locale contains the Locale.UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION for the numbering system, the instance is initialized with the specified numbering system if the JRE implementation supports it. For example,

NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.forLanguageTag("th-TH-u-nu-thai"))

This may return a NumberFormat instance with the Thai numbering system, instead of the Latin numbering system.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

Methods

getAvailableLocales

public static Locale[] getAvailableLocales()

Returns an array of all locales for which the getInstance methods of this class can return localized instances. The returned array represents the union of locales supported by the Java runtime and by installed DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider implementations. It must contain at least a Locale instance equal to Locale.US.

Returns:

an array of locales for which localized DecimalFormatSymbols instances are available.

Since:

1.6

getInstance

public static final DecimalFormatSymbols getInstance()

Returns:

a DecimalFormatSymbols instance.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Locale.getDefault(java.util.Locale.Category), Locale.Category.FORMAT

getInstance

public static final DecimalFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale)

Gets the DecimalFormatSymbols instance for the specified locale. This method provides access to DecimalFormatSymbols instances for locales supported by the Java runtime itself as well as for those supported by installed DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider implementations. If the specified locale contains the Locale.UNICODE_LOCALE_EXTENSION for the numbering system, the instance is initialized with the specified numbering system if the JRE implementation supports it. For example,

NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.forLanguageTag("th-TH-u-nu-thai"))

This may return a NumberFormat instance with the Thai numbering system, instead of the Latin numbering system.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale.

Returns:

a DecimalFormatSymbols instance.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

Since:

1.6

getZeroDigit

public char getZeroDigit()

Gets the character used for zero. Different for Arabic, etc.

Returns:

the character used for zero

setZeroDigit

public void setZeroDigit(char zeroDigit)

Sets the character used for zero. Different for Arabic, etc.

Parameters:

zeroDigit - the character used for zero

getGroupingSeparator

public char getGroupingSeparator()

Gets the character used for thousands separator. Different for French, etc.

Returns:

the grouping separator

setGroupingSeparator

public void setGroupingSeparator(char groupingSeparator)

Sets the character used for thousands separator. Different for French, etc.

Parameters:

groupingSeparator - the grouping separator

getDecimalSeparator

public char getDecimalSeparator()

Gets the character used for decimal sign. Different for French, etc.

Returns:

the character used for decimal sign

setDecimalSeparator

public void setDecimalSeparator(char decimalSeparator)

Sets the character used for decimal sign. Different for French, etc.

Parameters:

decimalSeparator - the character used for decimal sign

getPerMill

public char getPerMill()

Gets the character used for per mille sign. Different for Arabic, etc.

Returns:

the character used for per mille sign

setPerMill

public void setPerMill(char perMill)

Sets the character used for per mille sign. Different for Arabic, etc.

Parameters:

perMill - the character used for per mille sign

getPercent

public char getPercent()

Gets the character used for percent sign. Different for Arabic, etc.

Returns:

the character used for percent sign

setPercent

public void setPercent(char percent)

Sets the character used for percent sign. Different for Arabic, etc.

Parameters:

percent - the character used for percent sign

getDigit

public char getDigit()

Gets the character used for a digit in a pattern.

Returns:

the character used for a digit in a pattern

setDigit

public void setDigit(char digit)

Sets the character used for a digit in a pattern.

Parameters:

digit - the character used for a digit in a pattern

getPatternSeparator

public char getPatternSeparator()

Gets the character used to separate positive and negative subpatterns in a pattern.

Returns:

the pattern separator

setPatternSeparator

public void setPatternSeparator(char patternSeparator)

Sets the character used to separate positive and negative subpatterns in a pattern.

Parameters:

patternSeparator - the pattern separator

getInfinity

public String getInfinity()

Gets the string used to represent infinity. Almost always left unchanged.

Returns:

the string representing infinity

setInfinity

public void setInfinity(String infinity)

Sets the string used to represent infinity. Almost always left unchanged.

Parameters:

infinity - the string representing infinity

getNaN

public String getNaN()

Gets the string used to represent "not a number". Almost always left unchanged.

Returns:

the string representing "not a number"

setNaN

public void setNaN(String NaN)

Sets the string used to represent "not a number". Almost always left unchanged.

Parameters:

NaN - the string representing "not a number"

getMinusSign

public char getMinusSign()

Gets the character used to represent minus sign. If no explicit negative format is specified, one is formed by prefixing minusSign to the positive format.

Returns:

the character representing minus sign

setMinusSign

public void setMinusSign(char minusSign)

Sets the character used to represent minus sign. If no explicit negative format is specified, one is formed by prefixing minusSign to the positive format.

Parameters:

minusSign - the character representing minus sign

getCurrencySymbol

public String getCurrencySymbol()

Returns the currency symbol for the currency of these DecimalFormatSymbols in their locale.

Returns:

the currency symbol

Since:

1.2

setCurrencySymbol

public void setCurrencySymbol(String currency)

Sets the currency symbol for the currency of these DecimalFormatSymbols in their locale.

Parameters:

currency - the currency symbol

Since:

1.2

getInternationalCurrencySymbol

public String getInternationalCurrencySymbol()

Returns the ISO 4217 currency code of the currency of these DecimalFormatSymbols.

Returns:

the currency code

Since:

1.2

setInternationalCurrencySymbol

public void setInternationalCurrencySymbol(String currencyCode)

Sets the ISO 4217 currency code of the currency of these DecimalFormatSymbols. If the currency code is valid (as defined by Currency.getInstance), this also sets the currency attribute to the corresponding Currency instance and the currency symbol attribute to the currency's symbol in the DecimalFormatSymbols' locale. If the currency code is not valid, then the currency attribute is set to null and the currency symbol attribute is not modified.

Parameters:

currencyCode - the currency code

Since:

1.2

See Also:

setCurrency(java.util.Currency), setCurrencySymbol(java.lang.String)

getCurrency

public Currency getCurrency()

Gets the currency of these DecimalFormatSymbols. May be null if the currency symbol attribute was previously set to a value that's not a valid ISO 4217 currency code.

Returns:

the currency used, or null

Since:

1.4

setCurrency

public void setCurrency(Currency currency)

Sets the currency of these DecimalFormatSymbols. This also sets the currency symbol attribute to the currency's symbol in the DecimalFormatSymbols' locale, and the international currency symbol attribute to the currency's ISO 4217 currency code.

Parameters:

currency - the new currency to be used

Throws:

NullPointerException - if currency is null

Since:

1.4

See Also:

setCurrencySymbol(java.lang.String), setInternationalCurrencySymbol(java.lang.String)

getMonetaryDecimalSeparator

public char getMonetaryDecimalSeparator()

Returns the monetary decimal separator.

Returns:

the monetary decimal separator

Since:

1.2

setMonetaryDecimalSeparator

public void setMonetaryDecimalSeparator(char sep)

Sets the monetary decimal separator.

Parameters:

sep - the monetary decimal separator

Since:

1.2

getExponentSeparator

public String getExponentSeparator()

Returns the string used to separate the mantissa from the exponent. Examples: "x10^" for 1.23x10^4, "E" for 1.23E4.

Returns:

the exponent separator string

Since:

1.6

See Also:

setExponentSeparator(java.lang.String)

setExponentSeparator

public void setExponentSeparator(String exp)

Sets the string used to separate the mantissa from the exponent. Examples: "x10^" for 1.23x10^4, "E" for 1.23E4.

Parameters:

exp - the exponent separator string

Throws:

NullPointerException - if exp is null

Since:

1.6

See Also:

getExponentSeparator()

clone

public Object clone()

Standard override.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of this instance.

See Also:

Cloneable

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Override equals.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), HashMap

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Override hashCode.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code value for this object.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)