[jira] [Resolved] (LANG-1016) NumberUtils#isParsable method(s)

[Benedikt Ritter (JIRA)]

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Benedikt Ritter resolved LANG-1016.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s:     (was: Discussion)
                       (was: Review Patch)
                   3.4

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bene@localhost:~/workspace/apache/commons/lang$ svn ci -m "LANG-1016: 
NumberUtils#isParsable method(s). Thanks to Juan Pablo Santos Rodríguez."
Sending        src/changes/changes.xml
Sending        src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/math/NumberUtils.java
Sending        src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/math/NumberUtilsTest.java
Transmitting file data ...
Committed revision 1609273.
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I've changed the method name from {{isParseable}} to {{isParsable}} because 
according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parsable this is preferred in formal 
usage.

Thanks! 

> NumberUtils#isParsable method(s)
> --------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LANG-1016
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1016
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: Wish
>          Components: lang.math.*
>            Reporter: Juan Pablo Santos Rodríguez
>            Assignee: Benedikt Ritter
>             Fix For: 3.4
>
>         Attachments: LANG-1016.patch
>
>
> (for background see 
> [LANG-997|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-997?focusedCommentId=13991193&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13991193])
> It would be nice to have an {{isParseable}} method (or whatever it may be 
> called), to be able to identify valid (=parseable) Numbers, something along 
> the lines {{toDouble(String)}} / {{toLong(String)}} etc., but returning 
> {{true}} / {{false}} while avoiding at the same time the 
> {{try/catch(NumberFormatException)}} of those methods.
> This method would be similar to {{isNumber}}, but it should yield {{true}} 
> for invalid octals like "018" which are parseable as Numbers. The point of 
> this method is to identify "human" (neither hex nor octal, but should handle 
> decimal points) numbers stored as Strings, 
> We are using NumberUtils#isNumber to identify valid (parseable, human) 
> numbers, but as of 3.3, this method also handles octal numbers, so, f.ex.,  
> 018, which was recognized as a valid number, isn't recognized anymore as one.



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