org.efaps.number2words
Class Converter

java.lang.Object
  org.efaps.number2words.Converter

public final class Converter
extends java.lang.Object

Main entry point to get language specific number to word converters. Depending on the use case for what the converter will be used, the male getMaleConverter(Locale), female or neuter static method should be called to get the converter instance.

Example:
Male converter for German language to translate 100 to words:

 final IConverter converter = Converter.getMaleConverter(Locale.GERMAN);
 final String text = converter.convert(100L);
 

The result in text is "ein hundert".

Version:

$Id: Converter.java 2697 2009-06-27 12:10:23Z tim.moxter $

Author:

The eFaps Team

Method Summary

static IConverter

getMaleConverter(java.util.Locale _locale) Returns for a language defined with _locale the related text converter for male numbers.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getMaleConverter

public static IConverter getMaleConverter(java.util.Locale _locale)

Returns for a language defined with _locale the related text converter for male numbers.

Parameters:

_locale - locale which defines the language

Returns:

related converted for given _locale