Java examples for Internationalization:Locale
Overriding the Default Currency format
import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.text.NumberFormat; import java.util.Currency; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { BigDecimal value = new BigDecimal(12345); Locale.setDefault(Locale.JAPAN); System.out.printf("Default locale: %s\n", Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName()); NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(); String formattedCurrency = nf.format(value); System.out.printf("%s\n", formattedCurrency); nf.setCurrency(Currency.getInstance(Locale.US)); formattedCurrency = nf.format(value); System.out.printf("%s\n\n", formattedCurrency); Locale.setDefault(Locale.US); System.out.printf("Default locale: %s\n", Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName()); nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(); formattedCurrency = nf.format(value); System.out.printf("%s\n", formattedCurrency); nf.setCurrency(Currency.getInstance("JPY")); formattedCurrency = nf.format(value); System.out.printf("%s\n\n", formattedCurrency); Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE); System.out.printf("Default locale: %s\n", Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName()); nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(); formattedCurrency = nf.format(value); System.out.printf("%s\n", formattedCurrency); nf.setCurrency(Currency.getInstance("USD")); formattedCurrency = nf.format(value); System.out.printf("%s\n\n", formattedCurrency); }/*ww w . j a v a2 s . co m*/ }