Re: RFC: Using icu4j for number formatting

2008-07-31 Thread Jeremy Quinn
Hi Joerg Yes, there are separate icu4jDateConvertor and FormattingDateConvertor (which uses the original java.text.DateFormat). The problem I see, replicating the same separation with Numbers, is having to make almost duplicates of the many Formatting[Number]Convertors, feels like a mess

Re: RFC: Using icu4j for number formatting

2008-07-31 Thread Carsten Ziegeler
Jeremy Quinn wrote: Any suggestions about a clean way to have both Java and ICU NumberFormat ? If the ICU number formats are compatible with the current ones, I think replacing the current implementation with ICU is the best way. I don't think that we have to be compatible on a class level

Re: RFC: Using icu4j for number formatting

2008-07-31 Thread Mr.Quinn
On 31 Jul 2008, at 12:46, Carsten Ziegeler wrote: Jeremy Quinn wrote: Any suggestions about a clean way to have both Java and ICU NumberFormat ? If the ICU number formats are compatible with the current ones, I think replacing the current implementation with ICU is the best way. I

RFC: Using icu4j for number formatting

2008-07-30 Thread Jeremy Quinn
Dear All Background: While working on validating number fields for CForms, I am finding that there is a huge number of discrepancies between Dojo's localised number formatting and the ones built-in to Java. These discrepancies are breaking Dojo's ability to perform client-side validation

Re: RFC: Using icu4j for number formatting

2008-07-30 Thread Antonio Gallardo
Jeremy Quinn escribió: Dear All Background: While working on validating number fields for CForms, I am finding that there is a huge number of discrepancies between Dojo's localised number formatting and the ones built-in to Java. These discrepancies are breaking Dojo's ability to perform

Re: RFC: Using icu4j for number formatting

2008-07-30 Thread Joerg Heinicke
Jeremy Quinn jeremy at apache.org writes: Currently, o.a.c.forms.datatype.convertor.FormattingDecimalConvertor (the baseclass for all Number Formatting convertors), uses java.text.DecimalFormat internally, without exposing the class to the outside (except for one protected Method).