Class CurrencyNameProvider

public abstract class CurrencyNameProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide localized currency symbols and display names for the Currency class. Note that currency symbols are considered names when determining behaviors described in the LocaleServiceProvider specification.

Since:
1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description
protected CurrencyNameProvider()

Sole constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete 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 declared in class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Methods declared in 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