oracle.jbo.format
Class DefaultNumberFormatter

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      oracle.jbo.format.Formatter
          oracle.jbo.format.DefaultNumberFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class DefaultNumberFormatter

extends Formatter

Helper class used to format Decimal numbers.

Version:

SDK

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class java.text.Format

java.text.Format.Field

Constructor Summary

DefaultNumberFormatter()
Constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	format(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo, java.text.FieldPosition pos)
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.String formatString, java.lang.Object rawData) format raw data according to the format specified.
LocaleContext	getLocale()
java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String formatString, java.lang.String parseThisString) parse this string according to the format specified.
java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.String formatThisString, java.text.ParsePosition status)
void	setLocale(LocaleContext thisLocale) define locale to be used.

Methods inherited from class oracle.jbo.format.Formatter

getDefaultFormatString

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultNumberFormatter

public DefaultNumberFormatter()

Constructor

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.String formatString,
                               java.lang.Object rawData)
                        throws FormatErrorException

format raw data according to the format specified.

Data is formatted per the 'format string' passed as an argument to this function.

Specified by:

format in class Formatter

Parameters:

formatString - code to define how the raw data should be formatted.

rawData - data which needs to be formatted.

Returns:

formatted string

Throws:

FormatErrorException - if unable to format the data according to the format specified.

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String formatString,
                              java.lang.String parseThisString)
                       throws java.text.ParseException

parse this string according to the format specified.

Specified by:

parse in class Formatter

Parameters:

formatString - code to define how the raw data should be parsed.

parseThisString - data which needs to be parsed.

Returns:

object which represents the string parsed.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - when unable to parse data according to the format specified.

setLocale

public void setLocale(LocaleContext thisLocale)
               throws UnknownLocaleException

define locale to be used. Formatter will need to make locale specific formatting if applicable

Specified by:

setLocale in class Formatter

Parameters:

thisLocale - locale to be used

Throws:

UnknownLocaleException - if the formatter does'nt support the specified Locale.

getLocale

public LocaleContext getLocale()

Specified by:

getLocale in class Formatter

Returns:

Locale currently in use

parseObject

public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.String formatThisString,
                                    java.text.ParsePosition status)

Parameters:

status - parse to start from this position

Returns:

object which represents the string parsed

format

public java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.lang.Object obj,
                                     java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                     java.text.FieldPosition pos)

Parameters:

obj - object which needs to be formatted

toAppendTo - appended formatted string here

pos - additional information about the formatting performed. see java.text.FieldPosition for more information

Returns:

formatted string