Interface Numberer

All Known Implementing Classes:

Numberer_de, Numberer_en

public interface Numberer

Interface Numberer supports number formatting. There is a separate implementation for each language, e.g. Numberer_en for English. This supports the xsl:number element

Version:

18 November 1999

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(int number, String picture, int groupSize, String groupSeparator, String letterValue)	Format a number into a string

Method Details

format

String format(int number,
 String picture,
 int groupSize,
 String groupSeparator,
 String letterValue)

Format a number into a string

Parameters:

number - The number to be formatted

picture - The format specification. This is a single component of the format attribute of xsl:number, e.g. "1", "01", "i", or "a"

groupSize - number of digits per group (0 implies no grouping)

groupSeparator - string to appear between groups of digits

letterValue - as defined in xsl:number ("alphabetic" or "traditional" or "")

Returns:

the formatted number