com.ibm.icu.text
Class NumberFormat

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.text.Format
      extended by com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat
          extended by com.ibm.icu.text.NumberFormat
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable
Direct Known Subclasses:
DecimalFormat, RuleBasedNumberFormat

public abstract class NumberFormat
extends UFormat

[icu enhancement] ICU's replacement for java.text.NumberFormat. Methods, fields, and other functionality specific to ICU are labeled '[icu]'.

NumberFormat is the abstract base class for all number formats. This class provides the interface for formatting and parsing numbers. NumberFormat also provides methods for determining which locales have number formats, and what their names are. NumberFormat helps you to format and parse numbers for any locale. Your code can be completely independent of the locale conventions for decimal points, thousands-separators, or even the particular decimal digits used, or whether the number format is even decimal.

To format a number for the current Locale, use one of the factory class methods:

  myString = NumberFormat.getInstance().format(myNumber);
 
If you are formatting multiple numbers, it is more efficient to get the format and use it multiple times so that the system doesn't have to fetch the information about the local language and country conventions multiple times.
 NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
 for (int i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
     output.println(nf.format(myNumber[i]) + "; ");
 }
 
To format a number for a different Locale, specify it in the call to getInstance.
 NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.FRENCH);
 
You can also use a NumberFormat to parse numbers:
 myNumber = nf.parse(myString);
 
Use getInstance or getNumberInstance to get the normal number format. Use getIntegerInstance to get an integer number format. Use getCurrencyInstance to get the currency number format. And use getPercentInstance to get a format for displaying percentages. With this format, a fraction like 0.53 is displayed as 53%.

Starting from ICU 4.2, you can use getInstance() by passing in a 'style' as parameter to get the correct instance. For example, use getInstance(...NUMBERSTYLE) to get the normal number format, getInstance(...PERCENTSTYLE) to get a format for displaying percentage, getInstance(...SCIENTIFICSTYLE) to get a format for displaying scientific number, getInstance(...INTEGERSTYLE) to get an integer number format, getInstance(...CURRENCYSTYLE) to get the currency number format, in which the currency is represented by its symbol, for example, "$3.00". getInstance(...ISOCURRENCYSTYLE) to get the currency number format, in which the currency is represented by its ISO code, for example "USD3.00". getInstance(...PLURALCURRENCYSTYLE) to get the currency number format, in which the currency is represented by its full name in plural format, for example, "3.00 US dollars" or "1.00 US dollar".

You can also control the display of numbers with such methods as setMinimumFractionDigits. If you want even more control over the format or parsing, or want to give your users more control, you can try casting the NumberFormat you get from the factory methods to a DecimalFormat. This will work for the vast majority of locales; just remember to put it in a try block in case you encounter an unusual one.

NumberFormat is designed such that some controls work for formatting and others work for parsing. The following is the detailed description for each these control methods,

setParseIntegerOnly : only affects parsing, e.g. if true, "3456.78" -> 3456 (and leaves the parse position just after '6') if false, "3456.78" -> 3456.78 (and leaves the parse position just after '8') This is independent of formatting. If you want to not show a decimal point where there might be no digits after the decimal point, use setDecimalSeparatorAlwaysShown on DecimalFormat.

You can also use forms of the parse and format methods with ParsePosition and FieldPosition to allow you to:

For example, you can align numbers in two ways:
  1. If you are using a monospaced font with spacing for alignment, you can pass the FieldPosition in your format call, with field = INTEGER_FIELD. On output, getEndIndex will be set to the offset between the last character of the integer and the decimal. Add (desiredSpaceCount - getEndIndex) spaces at the front of the string.
  2. If you are using proportional fonts, instead of padding with spaces, measure the width of the string in pixels from the start to getEndIndex. Then move the pen by (desiredPixelWidth - widthToAlignmentPoint) before drawing the text. It also works where there is no decimal, but possibly additional characters at the end, e.g., with parentheses in negative numbers: "(12)" for -12.

Synchronization

Number formats are generally not synchronized. It is recommended to create separate format instances for each thread. If multiple threads access a format concurrently, it must be synchronized externally.

DecimalFormat

DecimalFormat is the concrete implementation of NumberFormat, and the NumberFormat API is essentially an abstraction from DecimalFormat's API. Refer to DecimalFormat for more information about this API.

see DecimalFormat see java.text.ChoiceFormat

Author:
Mark Davis, Helena Shih, Alan Liu
See Also:
Serialized Form
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

Nested Class Summary
static class NumberFormat.Field
          The instances of this inner class are used as attribute keys and values in AttributedCharacterIterator that NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator() method returns.
static class NumberFormat.NumberFormatFactory
          A NumberFormatFactory is used to register new number formats.
static class NumberFormat.SimpleNumberFormatFactory
          A NumberFormatFactory that supports a single locale.
 
Field Summary
static int CURRENCYSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify currency style of format which uses currency symbol to represent currency, for example: "$3.00".
static int FRACTION_FIELD
          Field constant used to construct a FieldPosition object.
static int INTEGER_FIELD
          Field constant used to construct a FieldPosition object.
static int INTEGERSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify a integer number style format.
static int ISOCURRENCYSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify currency style of format which uses currency ISO code to represent currency, for example: "USD3.00".
static int NUMBERSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify normal number style of format.
static int PERCENTSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify a style of format to display percent.
static int PLURALCURRENCYSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify currency style of format which uses currency long name with plural format to represent currency, for example, "3.00 US Dollars".
static int SCIENTIFICSTYLE
          [icu] Constant to specify a style of format to display scientific number.
 
Constructor Summary
NumberFormat()
          Empty constructor.
 
Method Summary
 Object clone()
          Overrides clone.
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Overrides equals.
 String format(BigDecimal number)
          Convenience method to format a BigDecimal.
 String format(BigDecimal number)
          [icu] Convenience method to format an ICU BigDecimal.
abstract  StringBuffer format(BigDecimal number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          [icu] Formats a BigDecimal.
abstract  StringBuffer format(BigDecimal number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          [icu] Formats an ICU BigDecimal.
 String format(BigInteger number)
          [icu] Convenience method to format a BigInteger.
abstract  StringBuffer format(BigInteger number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          [icu] Formats a BigInteger.
 String format(CurrencyAmount currAmt)
          [icu] Convenience method to format a CurrencyAmount.
 StringBuffer format(CurrencyAmount currAmt, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          [icu] Formats a CurrencyAmount.
 String format(double number)
          Specialization of format.
abstract  StringBuffer format(double number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          Specialization of format.
 String format(long number)
          Specialization of format.
abstract  StringBuffer format(long number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          Specialization of format.
 StringBuffer format(Object number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          Formats a number and appends the resulting text to the given string buffer.
static Locale[] getAvailableLocales()
          Returns the list of Locales for which NumberFormats are available.
static ULocale[] getAvailableULocales()
          [icu] Returns the list of Locales for which NumberFormats are available.
 Currency getCurrency()
          Returns the Currency object used to display currency amounts.
static NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance()
          Returns a currency format for the current default locale.
static NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance(Locale inLocale)
          Returns a currency format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance(ULocale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns a currency format for the specified locale.
protected  Currency getEffectiveCurrency()
          Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.
static NumberFormat getInstance()
          Returns the default number format for the current default locale.
static NumberFormat getInstance(int style)
          [icu] Returns a specific style number format for default locale.
static NumberFormat getInstance(Locale inLocale)
          Returns the default number format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getInstance(Locale inLocale, int style)
          [icu] Returns a specific style number format for a specific locale.
static NumberFormat getInstance(ULocale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns the default number format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getInstance(ULocale desiredLocale, int choice)
          Returns a specific style number format for a specific locale.
static NumberFormat getIntegerInstance()
          Returns an integer number format for the current default locale.
static NumberFormat getIntegerInstance(Locale inLocale)
          Returns an integer number format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getIntegerInstance(ULocale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns an integer number format for the specified locale.
 int getMaximumFractionDigits()
          Returns the maximum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number.
 int getMaximumIntegerDigits()
          Returns the maximum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number.
 int getMinimumFractionDigits()
          Returns the minimum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number.
 int getMinimumIntegerDigits()
          Returns the minimum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number.
static NumberFormat getNumberInstance()
          Returns a general-purpose number format for the current default locale.
static NumberFormat getNumberInstance(Locale inLocale)
          Returns a general-purpose number format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getNumberInstance(ULocale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns a general-purpose number format for the specified locale.
protected static String getPattern(Locale forLocale, int choice)
          Deprecated. ICU 3.4 subclassers should override getPattern(ULocale, int) instead of this method.
protected static String getPattern(ULocale forLocale, int choice)
          Returns the pattern for the provided locale and choice.
static NumberFormat getPercentInstance()
          Returns a percentage format for the current default locale.
static NumberFormat getPercentInstance(Locale inLocale)
          Returns a percentage format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getPercentInstance(ULocale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns a percentage format for the specified locale.
 int getRoundingMode()
          Returns the rounding mode used in this NumberFormat.
static NumberFormat getScientificInstance()
          [icu] Returns a scientific format for the current default locale.
static NumberFormat getScientificInstance(Locale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns a scientific format for the specified locale.
static NumberFormat getScientificInstance(ULocale inLocale)
          [icu] Returns a scientific format for the specified locale.
 int hashCode()
          Overrides hashCode.
 boolean isGroupingUsed()
          Returns true if grouping is used in this format.
 boolean isParseIntegerOnly()
          Returns true if this format will parse numbers as integers only.
 boolean isParseStrict()
          [icu] Returns whether strict parsing is in effect.
 Number parse(String text)
          Parses text from the beginning of the given string to produce a number.
abstract  Number parse(String text, ParsePosition parsePosition)
          Returns a Long if possible (e.g., within the range [Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE] and with no decimals), otherwise a Double.
 Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition parsePosition)
          Parses text from a string to produce a number.
static Object registerFactory(NumberFormat.NumberFormatFactory factory)
          [icu] Registers a new NumberFormatFactory.
 void setCurrency(Currency theCurrency)
          Sets the Currency object used to display currency amounts.
 void setGroupingUsed(boolean newValue)
          Sets whether or not grouping will be used in this format.
 void setMaximumFractionDigits(int newValue)
          Sets the maximum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number.
 void setMaximumIntegerDigits(int newValue)
          Sets the maximum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number.
 void setMinimumFractionDigits(int newValue)
          Sets the minimum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number.
 void setMinimumIntegerDigits(int newValue)
          Sets the minimum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number.
 void setParseIntegerOnly(boolean value)
          Sets whether or not numbers should be parsed as integers only.
 void setParseStrict(boolean value)
          [icu] Sets whether strict parsing is in effect.
 void setRoundingMode(int roundingMode)
          Set the rounding mode used in this NumberFormat.
static boolean unregister(Object registryKey)
          [icu] Unregisters the factory or instance associated with this key (obtained from registerInstance or registerFactory).
 
Methods inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat
getLocale
 
Methods inherited from class java.text.Format
format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

NUMBERSTYLE

public static final int NUMBERSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify normal number style of format.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

CURRENCYSTYLE

public static final int CURRENCYSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify currency style of format which uses currency symbol to represent currency, for example: "$3.00".

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

PERCENTSTYLE

public static final int PERCENTSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify a style of format to display percent.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

SCIENTIFICSTYLE

public static final int SCIENTIFICSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify a style of format to display scientific number.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

INTEGERSTYLE

public static final int INTEGERSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify a integer number style format.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

ISOCURRENCYSTYLE

public static final int ISOCURRENCYSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify currency style of format which uses currency ISO code to represent currency, for example: "USD3.00".

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

PLURALCURRENCYSTYLE

public static final int PLURALCURRENCYSTYLE
[icu] Constant to specify currency style of format which uses currency long name with plural format to represent currency, for example, "3.00 US Dollars".

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

INTEGER_FIELD

public static final int INTEGER_FIELD
Field constant used to construct a FieldPosition object. Signifies that the position of the integer part of a formatted number should be returned.

See Also:
FieldPosition, Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

FRACTION_FIELD

public static final int FRACTION_FIELD
Field constant used to construct a FieldPosition object. Signifies that the position of the fraction part of a formatted number should be returned.

See Also:
FieldPosition, Constant Field Values
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.
Constructor Detail

NumberFormat

public NumberFormat()
Empty constructor. Public for compatibily with JDK which lets the compiler generate a default public constructor even though this is an abstract class.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.6.
Method Detail

format

public StringBuffer format(Object number,
                           StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                           FieldPosition pos)
Formats a number and appends the resulting text to the given string buffer.

[icu] Note: recognizes BigInteger and BigDecimal objects.

Specified by:
format in class Format
See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

parseObject

public final Object parseObject(String source,
                                ParsePosition parsePosition)
Parses text from a string to produce a number.

Specified by:
parseObject in class Format
Parameters:
source - the String to parse
parsePosition - the position at which to start the parse
Returns:
the parsed number, or null
See Also:
NumberFormat.parseObject(String, ParsePosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(double number)
Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(long number)
Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(BigInteger number)
[icu] Convenience method to format a BigInteger.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(BigDecimal number)
Convenience method to format a BigDecimal.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(BigDecimal number)
[icu] Convenience method to format an ICU BigDecimal.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(CurrencyAmount currAmt)
[icu] Convenience method to format a CurrencyAmount.

Status:
Stable ICU 3.0.

format

public abstract StringBuffer format(double number,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition pos)
Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public abstract StringBuffer format(long number,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition pos)
Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public abstract StringBuffer format(BigInteger number,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition pos)
[icu] Formats a BigInteger. Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public abstract StringBuffer format(BigDecimal number,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition pos)
[icu] Formats a BigDecimal. Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public abstract StringBuffer format(BigDecimal number,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition pos)
[icu] Formats an ICU BigDecimal. Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public StringBuffer format(CurrencyAmount currAmt,
                           StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                           FieldPosition pos)
[icu] Formats a CurrencyAmount. Specialization of format.

See Also:
Format.format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 3.0.

parse

public abstract Number parse(String text,
                             ParsePosition parsePosition)
Returns a Long if possible (e.g., within the range [Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE] and with no decimals), otherwise a Double. If IntegerOnly is set, will stop at a decimal point (or equivalent; e.g., for rational numbers "1 2/3", will stop after the 1). Does not throw an exception; if no object can be parsed, index is unchanged!

See Also:
isParseIntegerOnly(), Format.parseObject(String, ParsePosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

parse

public Number parse(String text)
             throws ParseException
Parses text from the beginning of the given string to produce a number. The method might not use the entire text of the given string.

Parameters:
text - A String whose beginning should be parsed.
Returns:
A Number parsed from the string.
Throws:
ParseException - if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.
See Also:
format(java.lang.Object, java.lang.StringBuffer, java.text.FieldPosition)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

isParseIntegerOnly

public boolean isParseIntegerOnly()
Returns true if this format will parse numbers as integers only. For example in the English locale, with ParseIntegerOnly true, the string "1234." would be parsed as the integer value 1234 and parsing would stop at the "." character. The decimal separator accepted by the parse operation is locale-dependent and determined by the subclass.

Returns:
true if this will parse integers only
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setParseIntegerOnly

public void setParseIntegerOnly(boolean value)
Sets whether or not numbers should be parsed as integers only.

Parameters:
value - true if this should parse integers only
See Also:
isParseIntegerOnly()
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setParseStrict

public void setParseStrict(boolean value)
[icu] Sets whether strict parsing is in effect. When this is true, the following conditions cause a parse failure (examples use the pattern "#,##0.#"): When strict parsing is off, all grouping separators are ignored. This is the default behavior.

Parameters:
value - True to enable strict parsing. Default is false.
See Also:
isParseStrict()
Status:
Stable ICU 3.6.

isParseStrict

public boolean isParseStrict()
[icu] Returns whether strict parsing is in effect.

Returns:
true if strict parsing is in effect
See Also:
setParseStrict(boolean)
Status:
Stable ICU 3.6.

getInstance

public static final NumberFormat getInstance()
Returns the default number format for the current default locale. The default format is one of the styles provided by the other factory methods: getNumberInstance, getIntegerInstance, getCurrencyInstance or getPercentInstance. Exactly which one is locale-dependent.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getInstance

public static NumberFormat getInstance(Locale inLocale)
Returns the default number format for the specified locale. The default format is one of the styles provided by the other factory methods: getNumberInstance, getCurrencyInstance or getPercentInstance. Exactly which one is locale-dependent.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getInstance

public static NumberFormat getInstance(ULocale inLocale)
[icu] Returns the default number format for the specified locale. The default format is one of the styles provided by the other factory methods: getNumberInstance, getCurrencyInstance or getPercentInstance. Exactly which one is locale-dependent.

Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.

getInstance

public static final NumberFormat getInstance(int style)
[icu] Returns a specific style number format for default locale.

Parameters:
style - number format style
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

getInstance

public static NumberFormat getInstance(Locale inLocale,
                                       int style)
[icu] Returns a specific style number format for a specific locale.

Parameters:
inLocale - the specific locale.
style - number format style
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

getNumberInstance

public static final NumberFormat getNumberInstance()
Returns a general-purpose number format for the current default locale.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getNumberInstance

public static NumberFormat getNumberInstance(Locale inLocale)
Returns a general-purpose number format for the specified locale.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getNumberInstance

public static NumberFormat getNumberInstance(ULocale inLocale)
[icu] Returns a general-purpose number format for the specified locale.

Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.

getIntegerInstance

public static final NumberFormat getIntegerInstance()
Returns an integer number format for the current default locale. The returned number format is configured to round floating point numbers to the nearest integer using IEEE half-even rounding (see ROUND_HALF_EVEN) for formatting, and to parse only the integer part of an input string (see isParseIntegerOnly).

Returns:
a number format for integer values
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getIntegerInstance

public static NumberFormat getIntegerInstance(Locale inLocale)
Returns an integer number format for the specified locale. The returned number format is configured to round floating point numbers to the nearest integer using IEEE half-even rounding (see ROUND_HALF_EVEN) for formatting, and to parse only the integer part of an input string (see isParseIntegerOnly).

Parameters:
inLocale - the locale for which a number format is needed
Returns:
a number format for integer values
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getIntegerInstance

public static NumberFormat getIntegerInstance(ULocale inLocale)
[icu] Returns an integer number format for the specified locale. The returned number format is configured to round floating point numbers to the nearest integer using IEEE half-even rounding (see ROUND_HALF_EVEN) for formatting, and to parse only the integer part of an input string (see isParseIntegerOnly).

Parameters:
inLocale - the locale for which a number format is needed
Returns:
a number format for integer values
Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.

getCurrencyInstance

public static final NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance()
Returns a currency format for the current default locale.

Returns:
a number format for currency
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getCurrencyInstance

public static NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance(Locale inLocale)
Returns a currency format for the specified locale.

Returns:
a number format for currency
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getCurrencyInstance

public static NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance(ULocale inLocale)
[icu] Returns a currency format for the specified locale.

Returns:
a number format for currency
Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.

getPercentInstance

public static final NumberFormat getPercentInstance()
Returns a percentage format for the current default locale.

Returns:
a number format for percents
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getPercentInstance

public static NumberFormat getPercentInstance(Locale inLocale)
Returns a percentage format for the specified locale.

Returns:
a number format for percents
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getPercentInstance

public static NumberFormat getPercentInstance(ULocale inLocale)
[icu] Returns a percentage format for the specified locale.

Returns:
a number format for percents
Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.

getScientificInstance

public static final NumberFormat getScientificInstance()
[icu] Returns a scientific format for the current default locale.

Returns:
a scientific number format
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getScientificInstance

public static NumberFormat getScientificInstance(Locale inLocale)
[icu] Returns a scientific format for the specified locale.

Returns:
a scientific number format
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getScientificInstance

public static NumberFormat getScientificInstance(ULocale inLocale)
[icu] Returns a scientific format for the specified locale.

Returns:
a scientific number format
Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.

getAvailableLocales

public static Locale[] getAvailableLocales()
Returns the list of Locales for which NumberFormats are available.

Returns:
the available locales
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getAvailableULocales

public static ULocale[] getAvailableULocales()
[icu] Returns the list of Locales for which NumberFormats are available.

Returns:
the available locales
Status:
Draft ICU 3.2 (retain).

registerFactory

public static Object registerFactory(NumberFormat.NumberFormatFactory factory)
[icu] Registers a new NumberFormatFactory. The factory is adopted by the service and must not be modified. The returned object is a key that can be used to unregister this factory.

Parameters:
factory - the factory to register
Returns:
a key with which to unregister the factory
Status:
Stable ICU 2.6.

unregister

public static boolean unregister(Object registryKey)
[icu] Unregisters the factory or instance associated with this key (obtained from registerInstance or registerFactory).

Parameters:
registryKey - a key obtained from registerFactory
Returns:
true if the object was successfully unregistered
Status:
Stable ICU 2.6.

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Overrides hashCode.

Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Overrides equals. Two NumberFormats are equal if they are of the same class and the settings (groupingUsed, parseIntegerOnly, maximumIntegerDigits, etc. are equal.

Overrides:
equals in class Object
Parameters:
obj - the object to compare against
Returns:
true if the object is equal to this.
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

clone

public Object clone()
Overrides clone.

Overrides:
clone in class Format
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

isGroupingUsed

public boolean isGroupingUsed()
Returns true if grouping is used in this format. For example, in the en_US locale, with grouping on, the number 1234567 will be formatted as "1,234,567". The grouping separator as well as the size of each group is locale-dependent and is determined by subclasses of NumberFormat. Grouping affects both parsing and formatting.

Returns:
true if grouping is used
See Also:
setGroupingUsed(boolean)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setGroupingUsed

public void setGroupingUsed(boolean newValue)
Sets whether or not grouping will be used in this format. Grouping affects both parsing and formatting.

Parameters:
newValue - true to use grouping.
See Also:
isGroupingUsed()
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getMaximumIntegerDigits

public int getMaximumIntegerDigits()
Returns the maximum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. The default value is 40, which subclasses can override. When formatting, the exact behavior when this value is exceeded is subclass-specific. When parsing, this has no effect.

Returns:
the maximum number of integer digits
See Also:
setMaximumIntegerDigits(int)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setMaximumIntegerDigits

public void setMaximumIntegerDigits(int newValue)
Sets the maximum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. This must be >= minimumIntegerDigits. If the new value for maximumIntegerDigits is less than the current value of minimumIntegerDigits, then minimumIntegerDigits will also be set to the new value.

Parameters:
newValue - the maximum number of integer digits to be shown; if less than zero, then zero is used. Subclasses might enforce an upper limit to this value appropriate to the numeric type being formatted.
See Also:
getMaximumIntegerDigits()
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getMinimumIntegerDigits

public int getMinimumIntegerDigits()
Returns the minimum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. The default value is 1, which subclasses can override. When formatting, if this value is not reached, numbers are padded on the left with the locale-specific '0' character to ensure at least this number of integer digits. When parsing, this has no effect.

Returns:
the minimum number of integer digits
See Also:
setMinimumIntegerDigits(int)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setMinimumIntegerDigits

public void setMinimumIntegerDigits(int newValue)
Sets the minimum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. This must be <= maximumIntegerDigits. If the new value for minimumIntegerDigits is more than the current value of maximumIntegerDigits, then maximumIntegerDigits will also be set to the new value.

Parameters:
newValue - the minimum number of integer digits to be shown; if less than zero, then zero is used. Subclasses might enforce an upper limit to this value appropriate to the numeric type being formatted.
See Also:
getMinimumIntegerDigits()
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getMaximumFractionDigits

public int getMaximumFractionDigits()
Returns the maximum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. The default value is 3, which subclasses can override. When formatting, the exact behavior when this value is exceeded is subclass-specific. When parsing, this has no effect.

Returns:
the maximum number of fraction digits
See Also:
setMaximumFractionDigits(int)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setMaximumFractionDigits

public void setMaximumFractionDigits(int newValue)
Sets the maximum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. This must be >= minimumFractionDigits. If the new value for maximumFractionDigits is less than the current value of minimumFractionDigits, then minimumFractionDigits will also be set to the new value.

Parameters:
newValue - the maximum number of fraction digits to be shown; if less than zero, then zero is used. The concrete subclass may enforce an upper limit to this value appropriate to the numeric type being formatted.
See Also:
getMaximumFractionDigits()
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

getMinimumFractionDigits

public int getMinimumFractionDigits()
Returns the minimum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. The default value is 0, which subclasses can override. When formatting, if this value is not reached, numbers are padded on the right with the locale-specific '0' character to ensure at least this number of fraction digits. When parsing, this has no effect.

Returns:
the minimum number of fraction digits
See Also:
setMinimumFractionDigits(int)
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setMinimumFractionDigits

public void setMinimumFractionDigits(int newValue)
Sets the minimum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. This must be <= maximumFractionDigits. If the new value for minimumFractionDigits exceeds the current value of maximumFractionDigits, then maximumFractionDigits will also be set to the new value.

Parameters:
newValue - the minimum number of fraction digits to be shown; if less than zero, then zero is used. Subclasses might enforce an upper limit to this value appropriate to the numeric type being formatted.
See Also:
getMinimumFractionDigits()
Status:
Stable ICU 2.0.

setCurrency

public void setCurrency(Currency theCurrency)
Sets the Currency object used to display currency amounts. This takes effect immediately, if this format is a currency format. If this format is not a currency format, then the currency object is used if and when this object becomes a currency format.

Parameters:
theCurrency - new currency object to use. May be null for some subclasses.
Status:
Stable ICU 2.6.

getCurrency

public Currency getCurrency()
Returns the Currency object used to display currency amounts. This may be null.

Status:
Stable ICU 2.6.

getEffectiveCurrency

protected Currency getEffectiveCurrency()
Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.

Returns the currency in effect for this formatter. Subclasses should override this method as needed. Unlike getCurrency(), this method should never return null.

Returns:
a non-null Currency
Status:
Internal. This API is ICU internal only.

getRoundingMode

public int getRoundingMode()
Returns the rounding mode used in this NumberFormat. The default implementation of tis method in NumberFormat always throws UnsupportedOperationException.

Returns:
A rounding mode, between BigDecimal.ROUND_UP and BigDecimal.ROUND_UNNECESSARY.
See Also:
setRoundingMode(int)
Status:
Stable ICU 4.0.

setRoundingMode

public void setRoundingMode(int roundingMode)
Set the rounding mode used in this NumberFormat. The default implementation of tis method in NumberFormat always throws UnsupportedOperationException.

Parameters:
roundingMode - A rounding mode, between BigDecimal.ROUND_UP and BigDecimal.ROUND_UNNECESSARY.
See Also:
getRoundingMode()
Status:
Stable ICU 4.0.

getInstance

public static NumberFormat getInstance(ULocale desiredLocale,
                                       int choice)
Returns a specific style number format for a specific locale.

Parameters:
desiredLocale - the specific locale.
choice - number format style
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if choice is not one of NUMBERSTYLE, CURRENCYSTYLE, PERCENTSTYLE, SCIENTIFICSTYLE, INTEGERSTYLE, ISOCURRENCYSTYLE, PLURALCURRENCYSTYLE,
Status:
Stable ICU 4.2.

getPattern

protected static String getPattern(Locale forLocale,
                                   int choice)
Deprecated. ICU 3.4 subclassers should override getPattern(ULocale, int) instead of this method.

Returns the pattern for the provided locale and choice.

Parameters:
forLocale - the locale of the data.
choice - the pattern format.
Returns:
the pattern

getPattern

protected static String getPattern(ULocale forLocale,
                                   int choice)
Returns the pattern for the provided locale and choice.

Parameters:
forLocale - the locale of the data.
choice - the pattern format.
Returns:
the pattern
Status:
Stable ICU 3.2.


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