CurrencyNameProvider JDK 1.6)

Description

publicabstract abstract class CurrencyNameProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide localized currency symbols for the Currency class.

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publicabstract Locale getAvailableLocales () [Inherited From LocaleServiceProvider]

Returns an array of all locales for which this locale service provider can provide localized objects or names.

publicabstract String getSymbol (String currencyCode, Locale locale)

Gets the symbol of the given currency code for the specified 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.
Returns: the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale, or null if the symbol is not available for the locale
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
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 {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() getAvailableLocales()}.
See Also: Currency.getSymbol(java.util.Locale),