com.jstatcom.component
Class NumberFormatTypes

java.lang.Object
  com.jstatcom.component.NumberFormatTypes

public abstract class NumberFormatTypes
extends java.lang.Object

The NumberFormatTypes class contains formatters that are used by JStatCom components to guarantee a consistent formatting behaviour. This class can be extended to provide special number formatters in certain contexts. It contains an enumeration of common formatters.

The defined operators override getInstance to initialize an instance of the respective number format with a certain behaviour.

The class implements the typesave enum pattern (Joshua Bloch, "Effective Java", Item 21). If you compare NumberFormatTypes, always use the == operator. This is save, because they are Singletons (Gamma et al., 1995).

Author:

Markus Kraetzig

Field Summary

static NumberFormatTypes	DEFAULT The default NumberFormatType to be used for representing doubles.
static NumberFormatTypes	SCIENTIFIC The scientific notation NumberFormatType.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Override prevention method to enforce a.equals(b) if and only if a==b.
abstract java.text.NumberFormat	getInstance() Returns an instance of the respective NumberFormat.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of this type.
int	hashCode() Override prevention method invokes super method.
java.lang.String	toString() Gets a string representing this type, do not use for comparisons.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final NumberFormatTypes DEFAULT

The default NumberFormatType to be used for representing doubles. It displays numbers with Locale.ENGLISH, no grouping and a given precision, for example 2.345, 1.000.

SCIENTIFIC

public static final NumberFormatTypes SCIENTIFIC

The scientific notation NumberFormatType. The applied pattern is "0.###E0. It displays numbers with Locale.ENGLISH, no grouping and a given precision, for example 1.234E-2, 1.000E3.

Method Detail

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Override prevention method to enforce a.equals(b) if and only if a==b.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - object to compare with

Returns:

true if equal, false otherwise

getInstance

public abstract java.text.NumberFormat getInstance()

Returns an instance of the respective NumberFormat.

Returns:

a number formatter

getName

public final java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of this type.

Returns:

a descriptive name

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Override prevention method invokes super method.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hash code

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

Gets a string representing this type, do not use for comparisons.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation