Yes, I believe that the sandbox uses Java 1.4. There's still other pitfalls to avoid with standard java parsing, though:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-numberformat/index.html I thought this was covered in Tomahawk 610, but apparently not. Adding a comment about it. On 6/16/08, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Use the sandbox convertNumber with a BigDecimal type. > > Ok, > I don't use this now. > Since Java5 there is a parseBigDecimal() on DecimalFormat. > In Trinidad I just turn that guy on. So, that fixes it. > > Sandbox still still requires Java1.4, right? > > > -matthias > > > > > > > You may also want to take a few minutes and add the workaround for the > > bug in the java currency parser (DecimalFormat) as described in > > > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMAHAWK-610 > > > > if it hasn't already been taken care of. > > > > On 6/13/08, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Leonardo Uribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > BigDecimal converter could solve this problem, maybe this value is > converted > >> > as double or float as is. > >> > >> > >> ok, the demo was a little bit to simple. > >> We want currency formatting etc. Means what the convertNumber actually > does. > >> > >> > >> -Matthias > >> > >> > >> > > >> > regards > >> > > >> > Leonardo Uribe > >> > > >> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> perhaps someone of you knows a workaround for this: > >> >> > >> >> Take this JSP code: > >> >> <h:inputText value="#{bean.number}"> > >> >> <f:convertNumber /> > >> >> </h:inputText> > >> >> > >> >> For instance, when the entered value is "333.111" the actual stored > >> >> value is 333.1109999999999899955582804977893829345703125 > >> >> > >> >> I think the mathematic explanation for that in here: > >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#Accuracy_problems > >> >> > >> >> My users want to have 333.111 instead of the accurate value... > >> >> > >> >> Any ideas? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks! > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Matthias Wessendorf > >> >> > >> >> further stuff: > >> >> blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > >> >> sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > >> >> mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Matthias Wessendorf > >> > >> further stuff: > >> blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > >> sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > >> mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org > >> > > > > > > > -- > > Matthias Wessendorf > > further stuff: > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org >
