+1, I've got some code too that I can merge in to fill any gaps. I suggest we keep this in the [lang-sandbox] with CalendarUtils for the moment. Stephen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Caswell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a Money class that I can contribute to get the ball rolling. > > > Steven Caswell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > a.k.a Mungo Knotwise of Michel Delving > "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them..." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:scolebourne@;btopenworld.com] > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:29 PM > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: [lang] Money/Units/Quantities [was Re: Conversion utilities] > > > > > > http://www.dautelle.com/jade is the most well known units and > > quantities package. It also follows the JSR on the subject. > > In some ways, it would be nice to see this work brought under > > the Jakarta Commons group, as there is much useful code there. > > > > Even if we don't intend to have a whole units package in > > [lang], we should probably have Money and Currency classes. > > They are pretty fundamental to many business applications. (I > > don't think that a [money] is required here > > ??) > > > > Stephen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:54 PM > > Subject: Re: Conversion utilities > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jeff Varszegi wrote: > > > > > > > Janek, > > > > > > > > I made an interface called Range that is supported by > > classes called > > > > ComparableRange etc. The ComparableRange class can use > > any objects > > > > that support Comparable (or, alternately, any objects with a > > > > supplied Comparator), and I also made specific versions > > for Date and > > > > Double to > > > > > > +1. Why did no one think of this before? We're all fined one weeks > > > +pay. > > > > > > > eliminate unnecessary casting. I needed the Date one for > > code I'm > > > > writing. I didn't get the time to implement any for > > primitive types > > > > yet. > > > > > > > Range supports disjoint ranges of values, checking to see > > if a value > > > > falls within the range, merging two ranges, etc. > > > > > > So this is like NumberRange, but genericises it and makes it cool? > > > > > > > I will send my code as soon as I can-- right now I'm setting up a > > > > home network, and my laptop isn't on it yet. In the > > meantime, can > > > > you post the CurrencyRange code you've got? Thanks a lot. I > > > > definitely think it will be of general-purpose > > application. I don't > > > > know of any quantities library either, but I'd be > > thrilled to take a > > > > look at one. > > > > > > Jade's the only one I've heard of. By a guy over in .fr I > > think. For > > > quantities that is, always heard good things of it. > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:commons-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For > > additional commands, > > e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
