Method Detail

• getDefaultNumberFormat

  public static NumberFormat getDefaultNumberFormat()

  Create a default number format. The default number format is based on NumberFormat.getInstance() with the only customizing that the maximum number of fraction digits is set to 10.

  Returns:

  the default number format.

• getDefaultNumberFormat

  public static NumberFormat getDefaultNumberFormat(Locale locale)

  Create a default number format. The default number format is based on NumberFormat.getInstance(java.util.Locale) with the only customizing that the maximum number of fraction digits is set to 10.

  Parameters:

  locale - the specific locale used by the format.

  Returns:

  the default number format specific to the given locale.

• parseAndIgnoreWhitespace

  public static void parseAndIgnoreWhitespace(String source,
                              ParsePosition pos)

  Parses source until a non-whitespace character is found.

  Parameters:

  source - the string to parse

  pos - input/output parsing parameter. On output, pos holds the index of the next non-whitespace character.

• parseNextCharacter

  public static char parseNextCharacter(String source,
                        ParsePosition pos)

  Parses source until a non-whitespace character is found.

  Parameters:

  source - the string to parse

  pos - input/output parsing parameter.

  Returns:

  the first non-whitespace character.

• parseNumber

  public static Number parseNumber(String source,
                   NumberFormat format,
                   ParsePosition pos)

  Parses source for a number. This method can parse normal, numeric values as well as special values. These special values include Double.NaN, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY.

  Parameters:

  source - the string to parse

  format - the number format used to parse normal, numeric values.

  pos - input/output parsing parameter.

  Returns:

  the parsed number.

• parseFixedstring

  public static boolean parseFixedstring(String source,
                         String expected,
                         ParsePosition pos)

  Parse source for an expected fixed string.

  Parameters:

  source - the string to parse

  expected - expected string

  pos - input/output parsing parameter.

  Returns:

  true if the expected string was there

• formatDouble

  public static StringBuffer formatDouble(double value,
                          NumberFormat format,
                          StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                          FieldPosition pos)

  Formats a double value to produce a string. In general, the value is formatted using the formatting rules of format. There are three exceptions to this:

  1. NaN is formatted as '(NaN)'
  2. Positive infinity is formatted as '(Infinity)'
  3. Negative infinity is formatted as '(-Infinity)'

  Parameters:

  value - the double to format.

  format - the format used.

  toAppendTo - where the text is to be appended

  pos - On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field

  Returns:

  the value passed in as toAppendTo.