Currency

Currency

java.util

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Java 1.4

serializable

Instances of this class represent a currency. Obtain a Currency object by passing a "currency code" such as "USD" for U.S. Dollars or "EUR" for Euros to getInstance( ) . Once you have a Currency object, use getSymbol( ) to obtain the currency symbol (which is often different from the currency code) for the default locale or for a specified Locale . The symbol for a USD would be "$" in a U.S locale, but might be "US$" in other locales, for example. If no symbol is known, this method returns the currency code.

Use geTDefaultFractionDigits( ) to determine how many fractional digits are conventionally used with the currency. This method returns 2 for the U.S. Dollar and other currencies that are divided into hundredths, but returns 3 for the Jordanian Dinar (JOD) and other currencies which are traditionally divided into thousandths, and returns 0 for the Japanese Yen (JPY) and other currencies that have a small unit value and are not usually divided into fractional parts at all. Currency codes are standardized by the ISO 4217 standard. For a complete list of currencies and currency codes see the website of the "maintenance agency" for this standard: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/currencycodeslist.html.

Figure 16-12. java.util.Currency

 public final class  Currency  implements Serializable {  // No Constructor   // Public Class Methods  public static Currency  getInstance  (String  currencyCode  );        public static Currency  getInstance  (Locale  locale  );  // Public Instance Methods  public String  getCurrencyCode  ( );        public int  getDefaultFractionDigits  ( );        public String  getSymbol  ( );        public String  getSymbol  (Locale  locale  );  // Public Methods Overriding Object  public String  toString  ( );   } 

Passed To

java.text.DecimalFormat.setCurrency( ) , java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols.setCurrency( ) , java.text.NumberFormat.setCurrency( )

Returned By

java.text.DecimalFormat.getCurrency( ) , java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols.getCurrency( ) , java.text.NumberFormat.getCurrency( )