BasicIO

Class Formats

java.lang.Object

BasicIO.Formats

public class Formats
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides factory methods to obtain Format objects of various styles.

See Also:

DateFormat, NumberFormat

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.text.NumberFormat	getCurrencyInstance() This method returns a format object to format a number as currency in the local style.
static java.text.DateFormat	getDateInstance() This method returns a format object to format a number as a date in the local style.
static java.text.DateFormat	getDateTimeInstance() This method returns a format object to format a number as a date and time in the local style.
static java.text.NumberFormat	getDecimalInstance(int numDecimals) This method returns a NumberFormat that will format a number to have the specified number of decimal places.
static java.text.NumberFormat	getIntegerInstance() This method returns a format object to format a number as an integer (i.e.
static java.text.NumberFormat	getPercentInstance() This method returns a format object to format a number as a percentage.
static java.text.DateFormat	getTimeInstance() This method returns a format object to format a number as a time in the local style.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getDecimalInstance

public static java.text.NumberFormat getDecimalInstance(int numDecimals)

This method returns a NumberFormat that will format a number to have the specified number of decimal places.

Parameters:

numDecimals - The number of decimals the format will format numbers to have.

Returns:

the NumberFormat object

getCurrencyInstance

public static java.text.NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance()

This method returns a format object to format a number as currency in the local style.

Returns:

the format object

getPercentInstance

public static java.text.NumberFormat getPercentInstance()

This method returns a format object to format a number as a percentage.

Returns:

the format object

getIntegerInstance

public static java.text.NumberFormat getIntegerInstance()

This method returns a format object to format a number as an integer (i.e. no decimal places).

Returns:

the format object

getDateInstance

public static final java.text.DateFormat getDateInstance()

This method returns a format object to format a number as a date in the local style.

Returns:

the format object

getDateTimeInstance

public static final java.text.DateFormat getDateTimeInstance()

This method returns a format object to format a number as a date and time in the local style.

Returns:

the format object

getTimeInstance

public static final java.text.DateFormat getTimeInstance()

This method returns a format object to format a number as a time in the local style.

Returns:

the format object