JavaTM 2 Platform Std. Ed. v1.6.0
java.util.spi
Class CurrencyNameProvider
java.lang.Object
java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
java.util.spi.CurrencyNameProvider
public abstract class CurrencyNameProvider - extends LocaleServiceProvider
An abstract class for service providers that
provide localized currency symbols for the
Currency class.
Note that currency symbols are considered names when determining
behaviors described in the
LocaleServiceProvider
specification.
- Since:
- 1.6
Method Summary |
abstract String |
getSymbol(String currencyCode,
Locale locale)
Gets the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
CurrencyNameProvider
protected CurrencyNameProvider()
- Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
implicit.)
getSymbol
public abstract String getSymbol(String currencyCode,
Locale locale)
- Gets the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale.
For example, for "USD" (US Dollar), the symbol is "$" if the specified
locale is the US, while for other locales it may be "US$". If no
symbol can be determined, null should be returned.
- Parameters:
currencyCode - the ISO 4217 currency code, which
consists of three upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and
'Z' (U+005A)locale - the desired locale
- Returns:
- the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale, or null if
the symbol is not available for the locale
- Throws:
NullPointerException - if currencyCode or
locale is null
IllegalArgumentException - if currencyCode is not in
the form of three upper-case letters, or locale isn't
one of the locales returned from
getAvailableLocales() .- See Also:
Currency.getSymbol(java.util.Locale)
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