Hi Joerg, Derek,
quoting Joergs sample code:
DecimalFormat decimalFormat =
(DecimalFormat)NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
decimalFormat.applyPattern("### ### ###.###");
decimalFormat.format(value);
Guessing from the Java DecimalFormat docs (which are REALLY confusing BTW),
this should not work, as " " may only be part of a prefix or postfix. Rather,
it should be something like
DecimalFormat decimalFormat =
(DecimalFormat)NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
decimalFormat.applyPattern("###,###");
decimalFormat.setGroupingSeparator(" ");
decimalFormat.format(value);
My point in the last post was that the current convertor does not make it
possible to set the GroupingSeparator explicitly, but rather infers it from the
locale. I think Derek is right in that this should be a standard capability.
Following the current logic of the fd:converter tag, maybe there should be
attributes "grouping-separator" and "decimal-separator" on the fd:converter tag
which can be used along with variant="number" and variant="integer" to provide
full access to the DecimalFormat capabilities. If you agree with that, I might
create a patch this afternoon to enable this. (Need it myself, too).
Cheers,
Johannes
