There are a couple of issues with a currency/bigdecimal converter.
- You have to strip out (or add in -- I can't remember) the currency
symbol before parsing the currency value
- You have to handle a parsing bug in DecimalFormat
You can find code to do both of these things here:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMAHAWK-610
You might also want to take a look at the Tomahawk sandbox
convertNumber converter. It doesn't yet include the two bug fixes
above, but it provides a generic solution for converting numbers
rather than a specific currency/BigDecimal converter.
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/myfaces/tomahawk/trunk/sandbox/core/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/custom/convertNumber/TypedNumberConverter.java?view=markup
On 12/18/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think bigdecimal should work, since it is not uncommon
to use that type for currency values...
-M
On 12/14/06, David Brunette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everybody.
>
>
>
> I am having a problem with using a <tr:convertNumber /> in my app
> for submitting currency values from an inputText (see the example
> below). I have tracked the problem down to the fact the value is bound
> to a BigDecimal in my bean. If I change the type to be Double, this all
> works fine... but the trouble is that I have to use BigDecimal in my
> bean, so simply changing the type is not an option for me.
>
>
>
> I've dug into the Trinidad code and updated the BaseConverter class
> to successfully use <tr:convertNumber /> with a BigDecimal value. But
> before I create a bug and submit a patch, I would like to know if there
> is any reason in particular that BigDecimal does not seem to be
> supported. Was it just missed, or was it left out for a specific
> reason?
>
>
>
> Thanks...
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> <tr:inputText id="txt_monthly_income"
>
> value="#{myBean.monthlyIncome}"
>
> label="Monthly Income">
>
> <tr:convertNumber pattern="#.00" type="currency"
> currencyCode="USD"/>
>
> </tr:inputText>
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