Class NumberFormatter

java.lang.Object

com.icl.saxon.number.NumberFormatter

public class NumberFormatter
extends Object

Class NumberFormatter defines a method to format a Vector of integers as a character string according to a supplied format specification.

Version:

17 November 1999

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NumberFormatter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(int number, int groupSize, String groupSeparator, String letterValue, Numberer numberer)	Format a single number.
String	format(Vector numbers, int groupSize, String groupSeparator, String letterValue, Numberer numberer)	Format a vector of numbers.
void	prepare(String format)	Prepare the format pattern.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

NumberFormatter

public NumberFormatter()

Method Details

prepare

public void prepare(String format)

Prepare the format pattern.

Parameters:

format - the format specification. Contains one of the following values:

• "1": conventional decimal numbering
• "a": sequence a, b, c, ... aa, ab, ac, ...
• "A": sequence A, B, C, ... AA, AB, AC, ...
• "i": sequence i, ii, iii, iv, v ...
• "I": sequence I, II, III, IV, V, ...

This symbol may be preceded and followed by punctuation (any other characters) which is copied to the output string.

format

public String format(Vector numbers,
 int groupSize,
 String groupSeparator,
 String letterValue,
 Numberer numberer)

Format a vector of numbers.

Parameters:

numbers - the numbers to be formatted (a sequence of integer values)

Returns:

the formatted output string.

format

public String format(int number,
 int groupSize,
 String groupSeparator,
 String letterValue,
 Numberer numberer)

Format a single number. The format/template has the same syntax as for a Vector of numbers.