NumberFormatProvider (Java Platform SE 6)

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java.text.spi
class NumberFormatProvider

java.lang.Object
  java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
      java.text.spi.NumberFormatProvider

public abstract class NumberFormatProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the {@link java.text.NumberFormat NumberFormat} class.

Constructor Summary
`protected`	`NumberFormatProvider()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract NumberFormat`	`getCurrencyInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `NumberFormat` instance which formats monetary values for the specified locale.
`abstract NumberFormat`	`getIntegerInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `NumberFormat` instance which formats integer values for the specified locale.
`abstract NumberFormat`	`getNumberInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new general-purpose `NumberFormat` instance for the specified locale.
`abstract NumberFormat`	`getPercentInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `NumberFormat` instance which formats percentage values for the specified locale.

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
`getAvailableLocales`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

NumberFormatProvider

protected NumberFormatProvider()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

getCurrencyInstance

public abstract NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new NumberFormat instance which formats monetary values for the specified locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale.
Returns:: a currency formatter

getIntegerInstance

public abstract NumberFormat getIntegerInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new NumberFormat instance which formats integer values for the specified locale. The returned number format is configured to round floating point numbers to the nearest integer using half-even rounding (see {@link java.math.RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN HALF_EVEN}) for formatting, and to parse only the integer part of an input string (see {@link java.text.NumberFormat#isParseIntegerOnly isParseIntegerOnly}).

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: a number format for integer values

getNumberInstance

public abstract NumberFormat getNumberInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new general-purpose NumberFormat instance for the specified locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: a general-purpose number formatter

getPercentInstance

public abstract NumberFormat getPercentInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new NumberFormat instance which formats percentage values for the specified locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: a percent formatter