com.samskivert.velocity
Class CurrencyTool

java.lang.Object
  com.samskivert.velocity.CurrencyTool

public class CurrencyTool
extends Object

Provides handy currency functions for use in velocity.

Field Summary

protected Locale

_locale The locale in which we are providing currency functionality.

Constructor Summary

CurrencyTool(Locale locale)
Creates a new CurrencyTool which will used the supplied request to look up the locale with which to do currency formatting in.

Method Summary

String	currency(double value) Converts a number representing currency in the requester's locale to a display string.
String	currencyPennies(double value) Converts a number representing pennies to a currency display string.
String	dollars(double value) Converts a number representing dollars to a currency display string.
String	dollarsPennies(double value) Converts a number representing pennies to a displayable dollars value.
String	penniesToDollars(int pennies) Velocity currently doesn't support floats, so we have to provide our own support to convert pennies to a dollar amount.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_locale

protected Locale _locale

The locale in which we are providing currency functionality.

Constructor Detail

CurrencyTool

public CurrencyTool(Locale locale)

Creates a new CurrencyTool which will used the supplied request to look up the locale with which to do currency formatting in.

Method Detail

dollars

public String dollars(double value)

Converts a number representing dollars to a currency display string.

dollarsPennies

public String dollarsPennies(double value)

Converts a number representing pennies to a displayable dollars value.

currency

public String currency(double value)

Converts a number representing currency in the requester's locale to a display string. Note: you probably want to be using dollars(double).

currencyPennies

public String currencyPennies(double value)

Converts a number representing pennies to a currency display string. Note: you probably want to be using dollarsPennies(double).

penniesToDollars

public String penniesToDollars(int pennies)

Velocity currently doesn't support floats, so we have to provide our own support to convert pennies to a dollar amount.