no.g9.support

Class FormatHelper

java.lang.Object

no.g9.support.FormatHelper

public class FormatHelper
extends Object

Helper class for display rules and formats

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	SIGN_FLOATING_MINUS Constant for the floating minus sign
static int	SIGN_FLOATING_PLUS Constant for floating plus sign
static int	SIGN_MINUS Constant for the minus sign
static int	SIGN_NONE Constant for no sign
static int	SIGN_PLUS Constant for plus sign

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getDatetimeFormat(String displayRule) Convert datetime display rule to Java format.
static char	getDecimalSeparator()
static String	getDisplayrule(int datatype, String displayrule, int displaylength, int precision, int scale) Return a new display rule suitable for the given data type if the given display rule is null or empty.
static char	getGroupingSeparator()
static Locale	getLocale() Return the locale object.
static String	getNumericFormat(String displayRule) Convert numeric display rule to an internal format
static String	getNumericInputFormat(String displayFormat) Get numeric input format
static int	getSign(String displayRule) Get sign code from a display rule Five possible return values: SIGN_MINUS,SIGN_FLOARING_MINUS, SIGN_PLUS, SIGN_FLOATING_PLUS, SIGN_NONE
static void	setDecimalSeparator(char decimalSeparator)
static void	setGroupingSeparator(char groupingSeparator)
static void	setLocale(Locale locale)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SIGN_FLOATING_MINUS

public static final int SIGN_FLOATING_MINUS

Constant for the floating minus sign

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SIGN_MINUS

public static final int SIGN_MINUS

Constant for the minus sign

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SIGN_NONE

public static final int SIGN_NONE

Constant for no sign

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SIGN_PLUS

public static final int SIGN_PLUS

Constant for plus sign

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SIGN_FLOATING_PLUS

public static final int SIGN_FLOATING_PLUS

Constant for floating plus sign

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Method Detail

getNumericFormat

public static String getNumericFormat(String displayRule)

Convert numeric display rule to an internal format

Parameters:

displayRule - (missing javadoc)

Returns:

Internal format string

getSign

public static int getSign(String displayRule)

Get sign code from a display rule
Five possible return values:
SIGN_MINUS,SIGN_FLOARING_MINUS, SIGN_PLUS, SIGN_FLOATING_PLUS, SIGN_NONE

Parameters:

displayRule - (missing javadoc)

Returns:

sign

getNumericInputFormat

public static String getNumericInputFormat(String displayFormat)

Get numeric input format

Parameters:

displayFormat - (missing javadoc)

Returns:

Java format string

getDatetimeFormat

public static String getDatetimeFormat(String displayRule)

Convert datetime display rule to Java format. If the given display rule is null or "NLS", null is returned (default format for locale will be used). If the given display rule is of "Systemator numeric" type, an effort is made to find an appropriate Java format.

Parameters:

displayRule - (missing javadoc)

Returns:

Java format string

getDisplayrule

public static String getDisplayrule(int datatype,
                                    String displayrule,
                                    int displaylength,
                                    int precision,
                                    int scale)

Return a new display rule suitable for the given data type if the given display rule is null or empty.

Parameters:

datatype - (missing javadoc)

displayrule - (missing javadoc)

displaylength - (missing javadoc)

precision - (missing javadoc)

scale - (missing javadoc)

Returns:

String (missing javadoc)

getDecimalSeparator

public static char getDecimalSeparator()

Returns:

the desimalSeparator

setDecimalSeparator

public static void setDecimalSeparator(char decimalSeparator)

Parameters:

decimalSeparator - the decimalSeparator to set

getGroupingSeparator

public static char getGroupingSeparator()

Returns:

the groupingSeparator

setGroupingSeparator

public static void setGroupingSeparator(char groupingSeparator)

Parameters:

groupingSeparator - the groupSeparator to set

getLocale

public static Locale getLocale()

Return the locale object. If none is set, Locale.getDefault() will be used.

Returns:

the locale

setLocale

public static void setLocale(Locale locale)

Parameters:

locale - the locale to set