net.sf.saxon.number
Interface Numberer

All Known Implementing Classes:

Numberer_de, Numberer_en

public interface Numberer

Interface Numberer supports number formatting. There is a separate implementation for each language, e.g. Numberer_en for English. This supports the xsl:number element

Version:

18 November 1999

Author:

Method Summary

String	dayName(int day, int minWidth, int maxWidth) Get a day name or abbreviation
String	format(long number, String picture, int groupSize, String groupSeparator, String letterValue, String ordinal) Format a number into a string
String	halfDayName(int minutes, int minWidth, int maxWidth) Get an am/pm indicator
String	monthName(int month, int minWidth, int maxWidth) Get a month name or abbreviation

Method Detail

format

String format(long number,
              String picture,
              int groupSize,
              String groupSeparator,
              String letterValue,
              String ordinal)

Format a number into a string

Parameters:

number - The number to be formatted

picture - The format token. This is a single component of the format attribute of xsl:number, e.g. "1", "01", "i", or "a"

groupSize - number of digits per group (0 implies no grouping)

groupSeparator - string to appear between groups of digits

letterValue - The letter-value specified to xsl:number: "alphabetic" or "traditional". Can also be an empty string or null.

ordinal - The value of the ordinal attribute specified to xsl:number The value "yes" indicates that ordinal numbers should be used; "" or null indicates that cardinal numbers

Returns:

the formatted number. Note that no errors are reported; if the request is invalid, the number is formatted as if the string() function were used.

monthName

String monthName(int month,
                 int minWidth,
                 int maxWidth)

Get a month name or abbreviation

Parameters:

month - The month number (1=January, 12=December)

minWidth - The minimum number of characters

maxWidth - The maximum number of characters

dayName

String dayName(int day,
               int minWidth,
               int maxWidth)

Get a day name or abbreviation

Parameters:

day - The month number (1=Monday, 7=Sunday)

minWidth - The minimum number of characters

maxWidth - The maximum number of characters

halfDayName

String halfDayName(int minutes,
                   int minWidth,
                   int maxWidth)

Get an am/pm indicator

Parameters:

minutes - the minutes within the day

minWidth - minimum width of output

maxWidth - maximum width of output

Returns:

the AM or PM indicator