public abstract class CurrencyNameProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider 

Since:

1.6

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor	Description
  protected	CurrencyNameProvider ()	Sole constructor.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  String	getDisplayName (String currencyCode, Locale locale)	Returns a name for the currency that is appropriate for display to the user.
  abstract String	getSymbol (String currencyCode, Locale locale)	Gets the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale.

  • Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

    getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • CurrencyNameProvider

    protected CurrencyNameProvider()

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

• Method Detail

  • 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)

  • getDisplayName

    public String getDisplayName(String currencyCode,
     Locale locale)

    Returns a name for the currency that is appropriate for display to the user. The default implementation returns null.

    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 name for the currency that is appropriate for display to the user, or null if the name is not available for the locale

    Throws:

    IllegalArgumentException - if currencyCode is not in the form of three upper-case letters, or locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().

    NullPointerException - if currencyCode or locale is null

    Since:

    1.7